Bufonaria foliata
| Bufonaria foliata | |
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| Different views of a shell of Bufonaria foliata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bufonaria |
| Species: | B. foliata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1826) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bufonaria foliata, common name the frilled frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 115 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZuluNatal,South Africa and Somalia.
References
- 1 2 Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1826). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1826). 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=476442 on 7 October 2012.
- 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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