Bursa rugosa

Bursa rugosa
Apertural view of Bursa rugosa (Sowerby, 1835) with operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bursa
Species:	B. rugosa
Binomial name
Bursa rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
Bursa calcipictaKeen 1958 Ranella rugosaG.B. Sowerby II, 1835

Bursa rugosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae. ^[1]

This species is carnivorous and it reproduces sexually. ^[2]

Description

The shell length of Bursa rugosa attains about 46 mm.It was originally described by G. B. Sowerby II in 1835 (as Ranella rugosa). ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Tanzania. ^[1]

References

1. Bursa rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835) . WoRMS (2010). Bursa rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216975 on 19 June 2010 .
2. "Bursa rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II 1835) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

• Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes & Records. 56: 1-33
• Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835-1836). Ranella. In: The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London. Parts 84-85