Bursa verrucosa

Bursa verrucosa is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, known as the frog shells.

Bursa verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bursa
Species:
B. verrucosa
Binomial name
Bursa verrucosa
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms

Ranella verrucosa Sowerby, 1825
Murex papilla Wood, 1828
Annaperenna verrucosa Iredale, 1936

Distribution

This species is found in portions of Australia, New Zealand,[1] and the Kermadec Islands, in moderate water depths.

References
  1. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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