Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Bursidae

Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Bursa (Gyrineum) rana
   Gyrineum rana
   Bursa rana
   Murex rana Linnaeus, 1758
   Ranella albivaricosa Reeve, 1844
   Unknown Gyrineum scelestum Yokoyama, 1928

Common Name

Frog shell p.15, pl. 10 Coleman, N. 1981.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: benthic
depth: continental shelf [ 20 to 30 fathoms depth; 35m depth ]
substrate: mud
substrate: mud
substrate: sand

References

Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982. p.128, text fig. [ as Bursa rana; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Beu, A.G. 1987. p.333, figs 222-228 [ synonymy, general remarks, type data, shell dimensions ] General reference
Beu, A.G. 1999. p.47, figs 89-98 General reference
Brazier, J. 1877. p.175 [ as Bursa rana; synonymy, habitat, locality ] General reference
Coleman, N. 1981. p.15, pl. 10 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Hinton, A. 1972. p.12, fig. 20 [ as Bursa rana; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
MacNeil, F.S. 1960. p.60, pl. 13, fig. 5 [ as Bursa (Bufonaria) rana; illustration, description, distribution, fossil habitat ] General reference
Schepman, M.M. 1909. p.117 [ as Bursa rana; localities, description ] General reference
Watson, R.B. 1885. p.397 [ as Ranella rana; localities ] Distribution
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.84, fig. 274 [ as Bursa rana; illustration, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. Distribution
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.80, pl. 54, fig. 6 [ as Bursa rana; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817
                            Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36969) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Gary Rosenberg on 2004-10-29.