Biology:Bursa corrugata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Bursa corrugata | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bursidae |
Genus: | Bursa |
Species: | B. corrugata
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Binomial name | |
Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Bursa corrugata (gaudy frog shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
The subspecies Bursa corrugata lineata Nowell-Usticke, 1959 has become a synonym of Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes and Brazil ; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- 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.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
- "Bursa (Colubrellina) corrugata corrugata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_364.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3175404 entry