| Bursina fijiensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bursina |
| Species: | B. fijiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bursina fijiensis (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Bursina fijiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 65 mm. It reproduces through broadcast spawning with embryos developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, then juvenile veligers, then fully grown adults. [2]
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This marine species occurs off Fiji, Eastern Australia and the Philippines at 280-300m. [2]