Bursa bufonia

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
	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

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

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

^ ^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 .

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