OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Bursidae 

Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Gyrineum echinatum Link, 1807
   Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)

Common Name

Spiny Frog Shell p.128, text fig.      Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982.  
The Spined Ranella pl. 2, fig. 7 [as Ranella spinosa; illustration, description, distribution, habitat]      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

northern Indian Ocean; Mauritius, Ceylon; Madras

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.23 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.33 

Keywords

habitat: coral reef 

References

 Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982. p.128, text fig. [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Beu, A.G. 1998. p.19 Distribution
 Martin, K. 1899. p.147, figs 343-345 [ as Ranella (Bufonaria) spinosa; illustration, description ]  General reference
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.143, pl. 12, fig. 4 [ as B. spinosa; synonymy, illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817
                            Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36957) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-17.