Bufonaria

Bufonaria
Shell of Bufonaria rana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
* Bufonaria spinosa Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[2]
  • Bufonaria (Chasmotheca) Dall, 1904
  • Chasmotheca Dall, 1904

Bufonaria is a genus of medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bursidae, the "frog snails". [2]

Drawing of the shell of Bufonaria crumena.

Species

Species within the genus Bufonaria may include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 76: 251.
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817. 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=206366 on31 March 2012
  3. Gastropods.com: Bufonaria (Bufonaria) nobilis
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