Bursa rhodostoma

Bursa rhodostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species: B. rhodostoma
Subspecies: Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847)
Binomial name
Bursa rhodostoma
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa bergeri (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
  • Bursa thomae (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Bursa venustula (Reeve, 1844)
  • Ranella bergeri sensu Sowerby Tapparone-Canefri, 1881
  • Ranella paulucciana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876
  • Ranella rhodostoma G.B. Sowerby II, 1835 (basionym)
  • Ranella rhodostoma var. xantostoma Tapparone-Canefri, 1878
  • Ranella thomae d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Ranella venustula Reeve, 1844

Bursa rhodostoma, common name the wine-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847) is a recognized subspecies.[2][3]

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length of Bursa rhodostoma is 35 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth of Bursa rhodostoma is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Bursa rhodostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216968 on 2011-12-23
  2. ^ Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847). WoRMS (2010). Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422767 on 7 October 2009.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. ^ 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.

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