Bursa corrugata
| Bursa corrugata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bursa |
| Species: | B. corrugata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
 Apertural view of Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811) with operculum. | |
Bursa corrugata , common name the gaudy frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
The subspecies Bursa corrugata lineata Nowell-Usticke, 1959 has vecome a synonym of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes and Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 137 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). WoRMS (2010). Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). 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=225330 on 19 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 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.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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