Bursidae

Taxobox
name = Bursidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
superfamilia = Tonnoidea
familia = Bursidae
familia_authority = Thiele, 1925
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.

Bursidae is a taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod snails in the order Sorbeoconcha. The species in this family are often commonly called frog shells.

Range of distribution

Species in this family occur in tropical oceans, including the Indo-Pacific, the Caribbean Sea and other marginal warm seas.

hell description

The anterior and posterior canals are well developed. The varices are often in two continuous series, one down each side of the shell. A periostracum is usually absent.

Anatomy

The radula is distinctive, the central tooth being saddle-shaped, with long basal limbs, each bearing a cusp-like spur upon its face.

Genera and species

* Genus "Bufonaria" Schumacher, 1817
** "Bufonaria bufo" (Bruguiere, 1792) - chestnut frogsnail
* Genus "Bursa" Roding, 1798
* Genus "Crossata" Jousseaume, 1881
** "Crossata californica" (Hinds, 1843) - California frogsnail

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1