Bufonaria echinata

Bufonaria echinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bufonaria
Species:	B. echinata
Binomial name
	Bufonaria echinata; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	Tutufa (Tutufa) echinata Link, H.F., 1807; Biplex spinosa Perry, G., 1811; Bufonaria spinosa Schumacher, 1817; Bursa echinata (Link, 1807); Bursa suensonii Mörch, 1853; Bursa spinosa (Schumacher, 1817); Gyrineum echinatum Link, 1807 (basionym); Ranella spinosa Lamarck, 1816;

Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Description

The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea; off Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, off the Philippines and China.

^ ^a ^b Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807). 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=476440 on 30 October 2010 .
^ "Bufonaria (Bufonaria) echinata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.

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