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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Bursa bufonia | |
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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[1] | |
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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific.
The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.
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