Bursa bufonia
| Bursa bufonia | |
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| Bursa bufonia shells | |
| 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] | |
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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]
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.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.
A live Bursa bufonia.
References
- 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.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72
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