Bursa bufonia

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Bursa bufonia
Bursa bufonia 01.jpg
Bursa bufonia shells
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species:
B. bufonia
Binomial name
Bursa bufonia
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bursa bufonia dunkeriKira, 1959
  • Bursa dunkeriKira, 1962
  • Bursa mammataRöding, 1798
  • Bursa monitataRöding, 1798
  • Bursa (Bursa) monitataRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Gyrineum bufoniumLink, 1807
  • Murex bufoniaGmelin, 1791
  • Ranella bufonia(Gmelin, 1791)

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]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.

A live Bursa bufonia. Bursa bufonia Reunion.jpg
A live Bursa bufonia.

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References

  1. 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 .