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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marsupina bufo, common name the chestnut frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
Marsupina bufo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bursidae |
Genus: | Marsupina |
Species: | M. bufo |
Binomial name | |
Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Northern Brazil.[citation needed]
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 75 mm.[citation needed]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 100 m.[2]
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