Definition of Bubble shell

1. Noun. Marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell.

Generic synonyms: Gastropod, Univalve
Group relationships: Genus Haminoea, Haminoea

Definition of Bubble shell

1. Noun. (zoology) A marine univalve shell of the genus ''Bulla'' and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bubble shell

1. A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bubble Shell

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bubble pipe
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bubble positions
bubble shell (current term)
bubble shells
bubble sort
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bubble wand
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bubbled
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bubbled up

Literary usage of Bubble shell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"The largest bubble shell is B. ampulla, Linn., from the Philippines, ... It has the form of the typical bubble shell, and lives in muddy shores near the ..."

2. A Manual of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the British Islands by William Turton (1840)
"(bubble shell.) The body spiral, on the middle of an elongate foot; the mantle large, ... Stream bubble shell, (t. 9. f. 110.) Shell horn-colour, oval, ..."

3. Comparative Zoology, Structural and Systematic: For Use in Schools and Colleges by James Orton, Charles Wright Dodge (1895)
"nulla ampulla, or " Bubble-shell :" three ... which discharges a purple fluid, and the Bubble-shell (Butta). 3. Pulmonates. ..."

4. Rambles in Search of Shells, Land and Freshwater by James Edmund Harting (1875)
"The stream bubble-shell, Ph. fontinalis (PI. VI., fig. ... The slender bubble-shell, Ph. hypnorum, is rather more local, affecting ponds, ditches, ..."

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