Carpiscula bullata Blistered Egg Shel

Carpiscula bullata is commonly referred to as Blistered Egg Shel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18479 

AphiaID:

430627 

Scientific:

Carpiscula bullata 

German:

Blasen-Eischnecke 

English:

Blistered Egg Shel 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Carpiscula (Genus) > bullata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1848 

Occurrence:

China, Japan, Mozambique, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Tansania 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

35 - 250 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,8cm - 1,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Carpiscula galearis
• Carpiscula procera
• Carpiscula virginiae

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Carpiscula bullata
  Blasen-Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-07-15 13:12:13 

Last edit:

2026-07-15 13:32:16 

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