Bufonaria foliata

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Bufonaria foliata
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Different views of a shell of Bufonaria foliata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Species:
B. foliata
Binomial name
Bufonaria foliata
(Broderip, 1826)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bufonaria (Aspa) foliata(Broderip, W.J., 1825)
  • Ranella foliataBroderip, 1826
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) foliataBroderip, W.J., 1824

Bufonaria foliata, common name the frilled 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 length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 115 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Somalia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1826) . WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1826). 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=476442 on 7 October 2012 .