Bursa lamarckii | |
---|---|
Shell of Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 lamarckii (Lamarck's frog shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]
The shell size varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the central and west Indo-Pacific region; also off the Philippines.
The snail is named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Littorinimorpha.
The Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells", are a small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod predatory snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Bursa is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the frog snails or frog shells.
Annaperenna verrucosa, common name the warty ranella, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, known as the frog shells.
Bufonaria is a genus of medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the "frog snails".
Bufonaria margaritula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Tritonoranella latitudo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Alanbeuella corrugata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Lampasopsis cruentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Bursa davidboschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Dulcerana granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Bursa grayana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Bursa rosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Linatella caudata, common name : the Girdled triton or Poulsen's Triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Distorsio euconstricta is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Distorsio graceiellae is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Distorsio habei is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Distorsio kurzi, common name Kurz's distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Distorsio parvimpedita is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
Leptoconchus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails or coral shells.