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Bursa bufonia Warty Frog Shell, Warty Frog Snail

Bursa bufonia is commonly referred to as Warty Frog Shell, Warty Frog Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Bursa bufonia, 73mm, Kwajalein


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lexID:
11123 
AphiaID:
216967 
Scientific:
Bursa bufonia 
German:
Warzige Froschschnecke 
English:
Warty Frog Shell, Warty Frog Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Bursidae (Family) > Bursa (Genus) > bufonia (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2.36" - 3.15" (6,5cm - 8,0cm) 
Temperature:
23,8 °F - 29,3 °F (23,8°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Sea urchins 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Bursa asperrima
  • Bursa awatii
  • Bursa condita
  • Bursa corrugata
  • Bursa cruentata
  • Bursa davidboschi
  • Bursa fosteri
  • Bursa granularis
  • Bursa grayana
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-10 14:01:52 

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Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Feed on sea urchins.

Synonymised names
Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959 · unaccepted
Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1959 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bursa mammata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bursa monitata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959 accepted as Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

External links

  1. Kwajalein Underwater, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 10.12.2024.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 10.12.2024.

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