Bursa rosa

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Bursa rosa
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Bursa rosa shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species:
B. rosa
Binomial name
Bursa rosa
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms [1]
  • Biplex rosaPerry, 1811
  • Bursa siphonata(Reeve, 1844) ·
  • Ranella siphonataReeve, 1844

Bursa rosa 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 21 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West-Pacific; also off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

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References

  1. 1 2 Bursa rosa (Perry, 1811) . WoRMS (2009). Bursa rosa (Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216977 on 19 June 2010 .