Bursa scrobilator

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

Bursa scrobilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bursa
Species:
B. scrobilator
Binomial name
Bursa scrobilator
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Apollon quercina Mörch, 1853
Bufonaria pesleonis Schumacher, 1817
Bursa scrobiculator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Murex scrobilator Linnaeus, 1758
Ranella coriacea Reeve, 1844
Ranella tuberculata Risso, 1826

A study, published in 2019, has shown that the Atlantic-Mediterranean Bursa scrobilator forms a species complex with two extant forms, proposed as subspecies, and one fossil form [2]:

  • Bursa scrobilator scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Murex scrobilator Linnaeus, 1758) (distribution in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea)
  • Bursa scrobilator coriacea (Reeve, 1844) (synonym: Ranella coriacea Reeve, 1844) (distribution off West Africa)
  • Bursa nodosa (fossil from Miocene strata in the Mediterranean Sea).

References
  1. Bursa scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2009). Bursa scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181015 on 19 June 2010 .
  2. Carlo Smriglio, Giulia Furfaro, Piergiorgio Trillò, Massimo Appolloni & Paolo Mariottini (2019) , A review of the Atlantic-Mediterranean Bursa scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex; Molluscan Research May 2019
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