Bursa ranelloides

Bursa ranelloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Bursa ranelloides
Bursa ranelloides shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bursa
Subgenus:
Bufonariella
Species:
B. ranelloides
Binomial name
Bursa ranelloides
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa (Bufonariella) ranelloides (Reeve, 1844)
  • Bursa (Colubrellina) benvegnuae Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978
  • Bursa (Colubrinella) canarica Nordsieck, 1975
  • Bursa (Colubrellina) ranelloides ranelloides (Reeve, L.A., 1844)
  • Bursa (Lampas) ranelloides (Reeve, 1844)
  • Bursa (Lampas) ranelloides var. tenuigranosa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906
  • Bursa finlayi McGinty, 1962
  • Bursa pygmaea Kosuge, 1979
  • Bursa ranelloides (Reeve, 1844)
  • Simpulum papillosum A. Adams, 1870
  • Triton ranelloides Reeve, 1844

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; and off South Africa, the Philippines and Japan.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length of Bursa ranelloides tenuisculpta is 75 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth of Bursa ranelloides tenuisculpta is 30 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.[2]

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References
  1. Bursa ranelloides (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Bursa (Bufonariella) ranelloides (Reeve, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138942 on 5 October 2012 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Kosuge S. (1979) Report on the Mollusca on guyots from the Central Pacific collected by the 2nd and 3rd cruises of R/V Kaiyomaru in 1972 to 73 with descriptions of twelve new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 24-35, pls 5-6. [30 November 1979] page(s): 31, pl. 5 fig. 5, pl. 6 fig. 23
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • "Bursa (Colubrellina) ranelloides ranelloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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