Bursa granularis

Bursa granularis
Apertural view of shell of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798) with operculum in place
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bursa
Species:	B. granularis
Binomial name
Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Biplex rubicola Perry, 1811 Bursa affinis (Broderip, 1833) Bursa affinis granularis (Röding, 1798) Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932 Bursa corrugata lineata Nowell-Usticke, 1959 Bursa cubaniana (d’Orbigny, 1841) Bursa cubaniana intermedia Nowell-Usticke, 1959 Bursa cumingiana Dunker, 1862 Bursa granifera (Lamarck, 1816) Bursa granularis f. affinis (Broderip, 1833) Bursa granularis f. alfredensis Turton, 1932 Bursa kowiensis Turton, 1932 Bursa livida Reeve, 1844 Ranella affinis Broderip, 1833 Ranella cubaniana d’Orbigny, 1841 Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816 Ranella livida Reeve, 1844 Tritonium granularis Röding, 1798 (basionym) Tritonium jabick Röding, 1798 Apertural view of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798) with operculum.

Bursa granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off New Zealand, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 256 m.^[2]

References

1. Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216964 on 16 July 2012.
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.

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