Bufonaria echinata

Bufonaria echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Species: B. echinata
Binomial name
Bufonaria echinata
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1] [2]
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) echinata Link, H.F., 1807
  • Biplex spinosa Perry, G., 1811
  • Bufonaria spinosa Schumacher, 1817
  • Bursa echinata (Link, 1807)
  • Bursa suensonii Mörch, 1853
  • Bursa spinosa (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Gyrineum echinatum Link, 1807 (basionym)
  • Ranella spinosa Lamarck, 1816

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

Description

The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea; off Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, off the Philippines and China.

References

  1. 1 2 Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). 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=476440 on 30 October 2010.
  2. Gastropods.com : Bufonaria (Bufonaria) echinata accessed : 30 October 2010

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