Tritonoranella latitudo

Tritonoranella latitudo
Shell of Tritonoranella latitudo (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Tritonoranella
Species:	T. latitudo
Binomial name
Tritonoranella latitudo Garrard, 1961
Synonyms
Bursa (Bufonariella) latitudoGarrard, 1961 Bursa (Bufonariella) latitudo wolfeiBeu, 1981 Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudoGarrard, 1961 · Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudo latitudo(Garrard, T.A., 1961) Bursa latitudoGarrard, 1961

Tritonoranella latitudo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. ^[1] Species within the Bursidae family are often characterized by their globose, heavily sculptured shells, which provide defense against predators and are key diagnostic features for taxonomic classification. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 95 mm.

Classification

• Domain: Eukaryota
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Mollusca
• Class: Gastropoda
• Genus: Tritonoranella
• Species: Tritonoranella latitudo ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in the East China Sea and off South Queensland, Australia and the Philippines

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tritonoranella latitudo (Garrard, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472450 on 2023-07-20
2. Beu, Alan G. (May 2001). <0706:gmtpuo>2.0.co;2 "Gradual Miocene to Pleistocene Uplift of the Central American Isthmus: Evidence From Tropical American Tonnoidean Gastropods". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (3): 706–720. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0706:gmtpuo>2.0.co;2. ISSN   0022-3360.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tritonoranella latitudo (Garrard, 1961)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-07-18.

• Garrard, T. A. (1961). Mollusca collected by M. V. Challenge off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1(5): 3-38, 2 pls.
• Beu, A. 1981. Australian gastropods of the family Bursidae. Part 1. The families of Tonnacea, the genera of Bursidae, and revision of species previously assigned to Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. Rec. Aust. Mus 33: 248–324.
• Beu, A.G. 1987. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt 2. Descriptions of 14 new Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 273-355
• Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256
• Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

• Sanders, M.T.; Merle, D.; Laurin, M.; Bonillo, C.; Puillandre, N. (March 2021). "Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. pp. 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107040.
• "Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudo latitudo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.