Biology:Korrigania awatii

Short description: Species of gastropod

Korrigania awatii
Shell of Korrigania awatii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Korrigania
Species:	K. awatii
Binomial name
Korrigania awatii (Ray, 1949)
Synonyms
Bursa (Bufonariella) rehderi Beu, 1978 Bursa awatii Ray, 1948 (original combination)

Korrigania awatii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 57 mm and 102 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique, Madagascar , the Philippines and in the Bay of Bengal.

References

• MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Korrigania awatii (Ray, 1948). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472098 on 2023-07-19
• Beu, A. G. (1978). A new species of Bursa from deep water off the Philippine Islands. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 4 (1-2): 23-27.

External links

• Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 (nomenclatural availability: 2020) ). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12

Wikidata ☰ Q5000563 entry