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==Shell description== |
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The shell is large with long, pointed peripheral [[tubercle]]s, and a dilated outer lip. The [[aperture (mollusc)|apertural]] [[parietal callus|callus]] is pinkish, with a rim of bright orange-red just within the aperture. |
The shell is large with long, pointed peripheral [[tubercle]]s, and a dilated outer lip. The [[aperture (mollusc)|apertural]] [[parietal callus|callus]] is pinkish, with a rim of bright orange-red just within the aperture. |
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Height is up to 167 [[millimetre|mm]], and width is up to 107 mm. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 19:42, 31 October 2007
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| Genus: | Bursa
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| Species: | B. bubo lissostoma
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| Bursa bubo lissostoma E. A. Smith, 1914
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Bursa bubo lissostoma is a subspecies of marine gastropod molluscs in the Bursidae family, known as the frog shells.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Indo-Pacific oceans.
Habitat
This frog shell is found from low water to depths up to 180 m.
Shell description
The shell is large with long, pointed peripheral tubercles, and a dilated outer lip. The apertural callus is pinkish, with a rim of bright orange-red just within the aperture.
Height is up to 167 mm, and width is up to 107 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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