Bursa bubo lissostoma

Taxobox
name = "Bursa bubo lissostoma"


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Bursidae
genus = "Bursa"
species = "B. bubo"
subspecies = "B. bubo lissostoma"
trinomial = "Bursa bubo lissostoma"
trinomial_authority = E. A. Smith, 1914
synonyms =

"Bursa bubo lissostoma" is a subspecies of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, known as the frog shells.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the Indo-Pacific oceans.

Habitat

This frog shell is found from low water to depths up to 180 m.

hell description

The shell is large with long, pointed peripheral tubercles, and a dilated outer lip. The apertural callus is pinkish, with a rim of bright orange-red just within the aperture.

The shell height is up to 167 mm, and width is up to 107 mm.

References

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