Bursina nobilis

Bursina nobilis
Bursina nobilis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursina
Species: B. nobilis
Binomial name
Bursina nobilis
(Reeve, 1844)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bufonaria (Bufonaria) nobilis (Reeve, L.A., 1844)
  • Bursa nobilis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Ranella nobilis Reeve, 1844[3]

Bursina nobilis, common name the noble frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 113 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ Reeve L. A. (1844). Pro. Zool. Soc.
  2. 1 2 Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844). 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=476463 on 5 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Reeve L. A. (1844). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. London. 2: plate IV, fig. 16.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.


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