Golden Paper Bubble Snail
Haloa pemphis
- Water temperature22–27 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 12 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 64 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–27 °C
Photos
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Golden Paper Bubble Snail
Other scientific names: Bulla (Haminea) tenella, Bulla pemphis, Bulla savigniana, Bulla tenella, Haloa (Sericohaminoea) yamagutii, Haloa yamagutii, Haminea tenella, Haminoea pemphis, Haminoea tenella, Haminoea yamagutii
Similar species
Japanese Bubble SnailHaloa japonica
Ghost Paper Bubble SnailAliculastrum cylindricum
White Pacific glassy-bubbleAtys 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 74 open-data records from 1922 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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