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Bursa bufonia
Bursa bufonia shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species: B. bufonia
Binomial name
Bursa bufonia
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959
  • Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1962
  • Bursa mammata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa monitata Röding, 1798
  • Bursa (Bursa) monitata Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807
  • Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.

A live Bursa bufonia.
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References

  1. ^ Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216967 on 7 October 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72

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Taxon identifiers
Bursa bufonia


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