Lampasopsis cruentata

Lampasopsis cruentata
Apertural view of Lampasopsis cruentata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Lampasopsis
Species:	L. cruentata
Binomial name
Lampasopsis cruentata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
Bursa cruentata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835) Ranella cruentata G.B. Sowerby II, 1835

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Lampasopsis cruentata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472318 on 2023-07-20

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 (nomenclatural availability: 2020) ). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12