Bursa bufonia

Bursa bufonia
Apertural view of Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species: B. bufonia
Binomial name
Bursa bufonia
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959
  • Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1962
  • Bursa mammata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa monitata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa (Bursa) monitata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807
  • Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Bassin; and in the Western Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216967 on 7 October 2010.

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