Bursa granularis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Bursa granularis

A shell of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Bursidae
Genus:  | Bursa
Species:  |

B. granularis

Binomial name
Bursa granularis

(Röding, 1798)

Synonyms[1]

* Biplex rubicola Perry, 1811
* Bursa affinis (Broderip, 1833)
* Bursa affinis granularis (Röding, 1798)
* Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932
* Bursa corrugata lineata Nowell-Usticke, 1959
* Bursa cumingiana Dunker, 1862
* Bursa granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
* Bursa granularis f. affinis (Broderip, 1833)
* Bursa granularis f. alfredensis Turton, 1932
* Bursa kowiensis Turton, 1932
* Bursa livida Reeve, 1844
* Ranella affinis Broderip, 1833
* Ranella cubaniana d’Orbigny, 1841
* Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816
* Ranella livida Reeve, 1844
* Tritonium granularis Röding, 1798 (basionym)
* Tritonium jabick Röding, 1798

Apertural view of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798) with operculum.

Bursa granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Description
* 3 Habitat
* 4 References

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off New Zealand, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

## Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm.[2]

## Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 256 m.[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216964 on 16 July 2012 .
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.

* 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 pp.
* Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
* MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
* Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
* Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
* 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
* Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
* Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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