Bursa lamarckii

Bursa lamarckii
	Apertural view of Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bursa
Species:	B. lamarckii
Binomial name
	Bursa lamarckii; (Deshayes, 1853)
Synonyms
	Bursa angioyorum Parth, 1990; Bursa muehlhaeusseri Parth, 1990; Ranella lamarckii Deshayes, 1853 (basionym); Bufonaria lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853); Bursa lamarkii (Deshayes, 1853) (misspelling);

Bursa lamarckii, common name : Lamarck's frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 33mm and 80 mm.

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the central and west Indo-Pacific region.

^ ^a ^b Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853). WoRMS (2010). Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853). 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=476453 on 30 October 2010 .

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.

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