Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bursa |
| Species: | B. bufonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific.
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.
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References edit
- ^ a b Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216967 on 7 October 2010 .
- 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
- 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
External links edit
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- "Bursa (Bursa) bufonia bufonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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