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| familia = [[Bursidae]] |
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| genus = '''''Bursa''''' |
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| species = '''''B. bubo |
| species = '''''B. bubo''''' |
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| subspecies = '''''B. bubo lissostoma''''' |
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| trinomial = ''Bursa bubo lissostoma'' |
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| trinomial_authority = E. A. Smith, 1914 |
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* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1 |
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1 |
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| Genus: | Bursa
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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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