Bursa lamarckii

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Bursa lamarckii
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Shell of Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species:
B. lamarckii
Binomial name
Bursa lamarckii
(Deshayes, 1853)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bursa angioyorumParth, 1990
  • Bursa muehlhaeusseriParth, 1990
  • Ranella lamarckiiDeshayes, 1853 (basionym)
  • Bufonaria lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Bursa lamarkii (Deshayes, 1853) (misspelling)

Bursa lamarckii (Lamarck's 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 varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the central and west Indo-Pacific region; also off the Philippines.

Etymology

The snail is named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) . WoRMS (2010). Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853). 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=476453 on 30 October 2010 .