Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tonnoidea Genus Bursa Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Bursidae Scientific name Bursa rhodostoma Rank Species | |
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Subspecies Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847) Similar Bursa, Bursa granularis, Bursa bufonia, Bursa lamarckii, Bufonaria | ||
Bursa rhodostoma, common name the wine-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
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Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847) is a recognized subspecies.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution. It is found in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Cape Verdes, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles, in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, and the Mascarene Basin.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length of Bursa rhodostoma is 35 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth of Bursa rhodostoma is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.
References
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