Marsupina bufo

Marsupina bufo, common name the chestnut frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Marsupina bufo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Marsupina
Species:
M. bufo
Binomial name
Marsupina bufo
(Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms[1]
  • Argobuccinum siphonatum T. Iredale, 1910
  • Buffo spadiceus Montfort, 1810
  • Bufonaria bufo (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Bufonaria (Bufonaria) spadicea Montfort, P.D. de, 181
  • Bursa crassa (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Bursa crassa carribbaea M. Smith, 1948
  • Bursa gibbosa Röding, 1798
  • Murex bufo Bruguière, 1792
  • Murex crassus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Ranella crassa bituberculata (f) Schepman, M.M., 1887
  • Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1816

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Northern Brazil.

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 75 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 60 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 100 m.[2]

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References
  1. Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792). WoRMS (2010). Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792). 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=476513 on 3 February 2011 .
  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.

Further reading
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74.
  • 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
  • "Bufonaria (Marsupina) bufo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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