Bursa corrugata

Bursa corrugata (gaudy frog shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Bursa corrugata
Apertural view of a shell of Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species:
B. corrugata
Binomial name
Bursa corrugata
(Perry, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Biplex corrugata Perry, 1811
  • Bursa caelata (Broderip, 1833)
  • Bursa caelata louisa M. Smith, 1948
  • Bursa pustulosa Reeve, 1844
  • Ranella caelata Broderip, 1833
  • Ranella ponderosa Reeve, 1844
  • Ranella pustulosa Reeve, 1844
  • Ranella pustulosa var. jabik Fischer-Piette, 1942
  • Ranella semigranosa Lamarck, 1822
Apertural view of Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811) with operculum.

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. Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  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.
  • "Bursa (Colubrellina) corrugata corrugata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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