Bufonaria echinata

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Bufonaria echinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Species:
B. echinata
Binomial name
Bufonaria echinata
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) echinataLink, H.F., 1807
  • Biplex spinosaPerry, G., 1811
  • Bufonaria spinosaSchumacher, 1817
  • Bursa echinata(Link, 1807)
  • Bursa suensoniiMörch, 1853
  • Bursa spinosa(Schumacher, 1817)
  • Gyrineum echinatumLink, 1807 (basionym)
  • Ranella spinosaLamarck, 1816

Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]

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Description

The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea; off Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, off the Philippines and China.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807) . WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). 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=476440 on 30 October 2010 .
  2. "Bufonaria (Bufonaria) echinata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.