Bursa bufonia

Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Bursa bufonia
Bursa bufonia shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bursa
Species:
B. bufonia
Binomial name
Bursa bufonia
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959
  • Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1962
  • Bursa mammata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa monitata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa (Bursa) monitata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807
  • Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Bassin; and in the Western Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.

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References
  1. Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216967 on 7 October 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72
  • "Bursa (Bursa) bufonia bufonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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