Japanese Bubble Snail

About this species

Haloa japonica, common name the Japanese bubble snail, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Haminoeidae, one of the families of bubble snails.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 28 records
February: 42 records
March: 49 records
April: 82 records
May: 65 records
June: 79 records
July: 81 records
August: 118 records
September: 98 records
October: 74 records
November: 72 records
December: 30 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 12 m

0–10 m: 49 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–26 °C

8–10 °C: 4 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 45 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 71 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 8 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Isaac Krone, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) P Holroyd, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tynen Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Japanese Bubble Snail

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Caracol burbuja japonés
French: Haminoé japonaise, Limace de mer japonaise, Lièvre de mer japonais
Japanese: ブドウガイ
Korean: 포도고둥

Other scientific names: Bulla (Haminea) flavescens, Bulla (Haminoea) flavescens, Haloa (Haloa) margaritoides, Haloa margaritoides, Haminaea callidegenita, Haminea flavescens, Haminoea callidegenita, Haminoea flavescens, Haminoea japonica, Haminoea margaritoides

Similar species

Golden Paper Bubble Snail
Haloa pemphis
Haloa aptei
Haloa crocata
Ghost Paper Bubble Snail
Aliculastrum cylindricum
Aliculastrum debile
White Pacific glassy-bubble
Atys naucum

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
582 open-data records from 1964 to 2026.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.