Quick facts about these beautiful gastropods that gracefully move along the seafloor! Paper bubble shells (Aplustridae, bubble snails). Paper bubble shell facts!

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References and Helpful Links
https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/march202....
https://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Aplustr...
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Aquatic Life of the World. United States, Marshall Cavendish, 2001.

Woodward, John. Ocean: A Visual Encyclopedia. United States, DK Publishing, 2015.

Hoover, John P. Hawai'i's Sea Creatures: A Guide to Hawai'i's Marine Invertebrates. United States, Mutual Publishing, 2012.

Harasewych, M. G., and Moretzsohn, Fabio. The Book of Shells: A LifeSize Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells. United States, University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Harasewych, M. G.. Shells of the World: A Natural History. United States, Princeton University Press, 2024.

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