Bursa verrucosa

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Bursa verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Bursidae Genus: Bursa Species: B. verrucosa
Binomial name
Bursa verrucosa (Sowerby, 1825)
Synonyms
Ranella verrucosa Sowerby, 1825 Murex papilla Wood, 1828 Annaperenna verrucosa Iredale, 1936

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

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Shell description 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to eastern Australia including Lord Howe Island, and the North Island of New Zealand between North Cape and East Cape including offshore islands and the Kermadec Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This frog shell is found at depths of between 10 and 50 m.

[edit] Shell description

This large shell is coloured cream, the nodes are a dark-brown, and there are purplish-brown lines in the interstices of the inner lip wrinkles.

The shell height is up to 57 mm, and the width is up to 33 mm.

[edit] References

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