Annaperenna verrucosa, common name the warty ranella, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, known as the frog shells. [1]

Annaperenna verrucosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Annaperenna
Species:
A. verrucosa
Binomial name
Annaperenna verrucosa
Synonyms
  • Bursa verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Murex papilla Wood, 1828
  • Ranella verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Description

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Shell size 33 mm.

Distribution

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This species is found in portions of Australia, New Zealand,[2] and the Kermadec Islands, in moderate water depths.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Annaperenna verrucosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472539 on 2023-07-19
  2. ^ Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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