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

Bursa granularis (R�ding, 1798)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Apollon granulare auct
   Ranella granularis auct
   Dulcerana jabick auct
   Dulcerana granularis auct
   Colubrellina granularis auct
   Colubrellina jabick auct
   Tritonium graniferum auct
   Bursa (Colubrellina) granifera auct
   Gyrineum affine auct
   Bursa affinis auct
   Bursa cubaniana auct
   Tritonium granulare R�ding, 1798
   Bursa granularis (R�ding, 1798)
   Tritonium jabick R�ding, 1798
   Biplex rubicola Perry, 1811
   Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816
   Ranella affinis Broderip, 1833
   Ranella cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1842
   Ranella livida Reeve, 1844
   Bursa cumingiana Dunker, 1862
   Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932
   Bursa kowiensis Turton, 1932
   Bursa cubaniana intermedia Nowell-Usticke, 1959
   Bursa corrugata lineata Nowell-Usticke, 1959

Common Name

Granulated Triton or Frog Shell p.78, fig. 160      McMichael, D.F. 1960.
Granulated Bursa p.107, pl. 316      Coleman, N. 1981.
Graniferous Triton or Ranella p.115, f.6      Allan, J. 1950.

Distribution

from Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, throughout East Africa and the Red Sea to the northern Indian Ocean, in the western Pacific from southern Japan, south to Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia and throughout New Caledonia and Polynesia, to Hawaii; Madras, Tuticorin and Galle coast (Ceylon); throughout the Fiji Islands

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.34

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal [ slightly below low tide line ]
depth: subtidal [ occurs to depths of 16m ]
feeds on: animals [ feeds on polychaete worms ]
habitat: coral reef
habitat: rocky shore
habitat: tide pools
habitat: under rocks
spawn/eggs: egg capsules/masses benthic [ egg sacs lightly attached to small hollows in rock {Maes, 1967} ]
substrate: sand

References

Allan, J. 1950. p.115, text fig. 6 [ as Ranella granifera; illustration, description, distribution ] General reference
Altena, C.O. van Regteren 1942. p.107 [ as B. (Colubrellina) granularis; synonymy, distribution ] General reference
Beu, A.G. 1998. p.150, figs 48a-e, 58d [ synonymy, type data, distribution, shell dimensions, general remarks, taxonomy ] General reference
Beu, A.G. 1999. p.44 General reference
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. p.312, figs 1-3, 6, 11 [ synonymy, description, illustration, radula, egg mass, habitat, distribution ] General reference
Coleman, N. 1981. p.107, pl. 316 [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Demond, J. 1957. p.308 [ description, synonymy, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Dufo 1840. p.54 [ as Ranella granifera; description, habitat, locality ] General reference
Habe, T. 1964. p.76, pl. 24, fig. 5 [ as Colubrellina (Dulcerana) granularis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Hedley, C. 1899. p.457 [ as Gyrineum affine; citation from Tryon with description and distribution ] General reference
Hinton, A. 1972. p.12, fig. 22 [ illustration, description, distribution ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.55 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.227, fig. 80A [ illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Maes, V.O. 1967. p.128 [ description, distribution, habitat, breeding notes ] General reference
McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.78, fig. 160 [ as Dulcerana granularis; description, distribution, illustration ] General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 4, fig. 19 [ as Ranella affinis; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.307, fig. 179 [ description, habitat, distribution ] General reference
Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.142, figs 3a, b [ illustration, synonymy, distribution, description ] General reference
Schepman, M.M. 1909. p.119 [ as B. (Colubrellina) affinis; list of references, localities, description ] General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.12, fig. 167 [ illustration, habitat ] General reference
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.84, pl. 2, fig. 278 [ illustration, distribution ] General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.226 Distribution
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.80, pl. 54, fig. 7 [ as Culubrellina (Dulcerana) granularis; illustration, description, distribution ] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bursa R�ding, 1798
                            Bursa granularis (R�ding, 1798)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37054) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-18.