Family Bullidae Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792 Striate bubble - 20 mm Shell barrel-shaped, smooth, thin, usually fragile. Spire completely sunken. Aperture larger than body whorl, wider on anterior part of shell. Color cream to light-brownish with darker irregular brown markings. Foot and mantle slightly translucent, yellowish to greenish with irregular white flecks. Cephalic shield posteriorly with broad, triangular, overlapping pallial lobes. Tentacles inrolled, siphon-like. Opaque-white patch surrounds each eye. Eyes lie on dorsal surface of cephalic shield. Animal completely envelops the shell but can retract completely into it. A burrower, living in sandy-mud substrate. Apparently feeds on mollusks.
	Live Bulla striata Live Bulla striata with egg mass
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