White-banded bubble
Hydatina albocincta
- Usual depth5–10 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
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About this species
Hydatina albocincta, common name the white-banded bubble, is a species of sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–10 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- White-banded bubble, White-banded paperbubble, white-banded bubble, White-banded Bubble Snail, white-banded paperbubble
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Streifen-Papierblase
- Japanese
- ヤカタガイ
- Korean
- 물고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 三帶泡螺
Other scientific names: Bulla albocincta
Similar species
Chocolate-banded bubble snailHydatina amplustre
Brown-line paperbubbleHydatina physis
Toffee-banded bubble shellHydatina zonata
Lined bubble snailBullina lineata
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).
- 56 open-data records from 1958 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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