OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Bursidae 

Bufonaria elegans (Beck in Sowerby II, 1836)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ranella elegans Beck in Sowerby II, 1836

Common Name

The Elegant Ranella pl. 5, fig. 22      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  
Elegant Frog Shell p.128, text fig.      Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982.  

Distribution

Indian Ocean; Island of Nicobar; Andaman Islands, Western Indonesia; Dalu

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Sumatra (N, NE, E)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Nicobar Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Andaman Islands

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ shallow water ]

References

 Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982. p.128, text fig. [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Beu, A.G. 1998. p.171 [ limited to the Andaman Islands and Western Indonesia ]  Distribution
 Mukerjee, P.N. 1939. p.54 [ as Bursa elegans; material, locality, dimensions, description, references to synonymy ]  General reference
 Noetling, F. 1901. p.309, pl. 20, fig. 10 [ illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 5, fig. 22 [ as Ranella elegans; illustration, description, distribution ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817
                            Bufonaria elegans (Beck in Sowerby II, 1836)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36960) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.