Bufonaria crumena

Bufonaria crumena
Shell of Bufonaria crumena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bufonaria
Species:
B. crumena
Binomial name
Bufonaria crumena
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa crumena (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Ranella crumena Lamarck, 1816
  • Ranella crumenoides sensu Blainville Valenciennes, 1832

Bufonaria crumena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. ^ a b Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476439 on 5 October 2012 .
  • 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
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72



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