Marsupina bufo

Marsupina bufo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Marsupina
Species:	M. bufo
Binomial name
Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms[1]
Argobuccinum siphonatum T. Iredale, 1910 Buffo spadiceus Montfort, 1810 Bufonaria bufo (Bruguière, 1792) Bufonaria (Bufonaria) spadicea Montfort, P.D. de, 181 Bursa crassa carribbaea M. Smith, 1948 Bursa gibbosa Röding, 1798 Murex bufo Bruguière, 1792 Murex crassus Dillwyn, 1817 Ranella crassa bituberculata (f) Schepman, M.M., 1887 Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1816

Marsupina bufo, common name the chestnut frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in ther Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Northern Brazil.^{[citation needed]}

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 75 mm.^{[citation needed]}

The maximum recorded shell length is 60 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 100 m.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792). WoRMS (2010). Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792). 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=476513 on 3 February 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Further reading

• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Gastropods.com : Bufonaria (Marsupina) bufo; accvessed : 3 February 2011