Bursa corrugata

Bursa corrugata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species: B. corrugata
Binomial name
Bursa corrugata
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms[1]

Biplex corrugata Perry, 1811
Bursa caelata (Broderip, 1833)
Bursa caelata louisa M. Smith, 1948
Ranella caelata Broderip, 1833
Ranella ponderosa Reeve, 1844
Ranella pustulosa Reeve, 1844
Ranella pustulosa var. jabik Fischer-Piette, 1942
Ranella semigranosa Lamarck, 1822

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

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 137 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). WoRMS (2010). Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). 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=225330 on 19 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.