Marsupina bufo

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Marsupina bufo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Marsupina
Species:
M. bufo
Binomial name
Marsupina bufo
(Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms [1]
  • Argobuccinum siphonatum T. Iredale, 1910
  • Buffo spadiceus Montfort, 1810
  • Bufonaria bufo(Bruguière, 1792)
  • Bufonaria (Bufonaria) spadiceaMontfort, P.D. de, 181
  • Bursa crassa(Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Bursa crassa carribbaeaM. Smith, 1948
  • Bursa gibbosa Röding, 1798
  • Murex bufoBruguière, 1792
  • Murex crassus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Ranella crassa bituberculata (f) Schepman, M.M., 1887
  • Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1816

Marsupina bufo, common name the chestnut frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Northern Brazil.[ citation needed ]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 75 mm.[ citation needed ]

The maximum recorded shell length is 60 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 100 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792) . WoRMS (2010). Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792). 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=476513 on 3 February 2011 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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