Bullia digitalis proboscis into the prey to suck up soft tissues. Often gathers in large numbers to feed on dead and stranded jellyfish and bluebottles. Various plough shells on the southern African coast look similar, including "Bullia rhodostoma" on the south coast and "Bullia natalensis" (pleated plough shell) on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. "B. digitalis" however does not have pleated whorls like the pleated plough shell. All the common plough shells on the coast can only de differentiated for each other by their colour. Bullia digitalis Bullia digitalis, the finger plough shell or plough snail, is a species of sea snail, a
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