Bursa bufonia

Species of gastropod

Bursa bufonia

Bursa bufonia shells
Scientific 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[1]

* 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.[1]

## Distribution

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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

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

A live Bursa bufonia. |

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## References

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1. ^ a b 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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bursa bufonia.

* "Bursa (Bursa) bufonia bufonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Bursa bufonia|

* Wikidata: Q3175564
* AFD: Bursa_bufonia
* BioLib: 545194
* BOLD: 277233
* CoL: NY6C
* EoL: 475280
* GBIF: 5192162
* iNaturalist: 955788
* IRMNG: 10548049
* ITIS: 73110
* NCBI: 1229225
* OBIS: 216967
* Open Tree of Life: 576256
* Paleobiology Database: 187873
* SeaLifeBase: 4977
* WoRMS: 216967

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