Crossata ventricosa

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Crossata ventricosa
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Several views of a shell of Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Crossata
Species:
C. ventricosa
Binomial name
Crossata ventricosa
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bursa (Crossata) ventricosa(Broderip,1833)
  • Bursa (Lampadopsis) calcipictaDall, 1908
  • Bursa californica(Hinds, 1843)
  • Bursa californica sonoranaBerry, 1960
  • Crossata californica(Hinds, 1843)
  • Ranella californicaHinds, 1843
  • Ranella tenuisPotiez & Michaud, 1838
  • Ranella ventricosaBroderip, 1833
Apertural view Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833) with operculum. Crossata ventricosa.jpg
Apertural view Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833) with operculum.

Crossata ventricosa (swollen 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 length of the shell varies between 39 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, Peru and Ecuador

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References

  1. 1 2 Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833) . WoRMS (2010). Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). 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=476468 on 7 October 2012 .