Bufonaria crumena

Bufonaria crumena
Shell of Bufonaria crumena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Species: B. crumena
Binomial name
Bufonaria crumena
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa crumena (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ranella crumena Lamarck, 1816
  • Ranella crumenoides sensu Blainville Valenciennes, 1832

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. 1 2 Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476439 on 5 October 2012.

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