Bufonaria

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Bufonaria
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Shell of Bufonaria rana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Schumacher, 1817 [1]
Type species
Bufonaria spinosa
Schumacher, 1817
Genera

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Synonyms [2]
  • Bufonaria (Chasmotheca)Dall, 1904
  • ChasmothecaDall, 1904

Bufonaria is a genus of medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the "frog snails". [2]

Drawing of the shell of Bufonaria crumena. Ranella crumena NIE.jpg
Drawing of the shell of Bufonaria crumena .

Species

Species within the genus Bufonaria include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test.76: 251.
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817. 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=206366 on31 March 2012
  3. "Bufonaria (Bufonaria) nobilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.