Bursina nobilis
| Bursina nobilis | |
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| Bursina nobilis shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bursina |
| Species: | B. nobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Bursina nobilis, common name the noble frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 113 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Mozambique and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Reeve L. A. (1844). Pro. Zool. Soc.
- 1 2 Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844). 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=476463 on 5 October 2012.
- ↑ Reeve L. A. (1844). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. London. 2: plate IV, fig. 16.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
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