Crossata ventricosa

Crossata ventricosa
	Several views of a shell of Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Crossata
Species:	C. ventricosa
Binomial name
	Crossata ventricosa; (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
	Bursa (Crossata) ventricosa (Broderip,1833); Bursa (Lampadopsis) calcipicta Dall, 1908; Bursa californica (Hinds, 1843); Bursa californica sonorana Berry, 1960; Crossata californica (Hinds, 1843); Ranella californica Hinds, 1843; Ranella tenuis Potiez & Michaud, 1838; Ranella ventricosa Broderip, 1833;

Crossata ventricosa (swollen frog shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 39 mm and 85 mm.

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, Peru and Ecuador

^ ^a ^b Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). WoRMS (2010). Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476468 on 7 October 2012 .

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