Bufonaria echinata
Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bufonaria |
| Species: | B. echinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807) | |
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Description
The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea; off Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, off the Philippines and China.
References
- Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). 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=476440 on 30 October 2010 .
- "Bufonaria (Bufonaria) echinata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
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