Bufonaria crumena
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| Bufonaria crumena | |
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| Shell of Bufonaria crumena | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bufonaria |
| Species: | B. crumena |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bufonaria crumena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476439 on 5 October 2012.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72
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