Bufonaria rana

Bufonaria rana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Bufonaria rana
Multiple views of Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bufonaria
Species:
B. rana
Binomial name
Bufonaria rana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Murex rana Linnaeus, 1758
Ranella albivaricosa Reeve, 1844
Ranella beckii Kiener, 1841
Ranella subgranosa G.B. Sowerby II, 1836

Apertural view of Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)

References
  1. Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216963 on 19 June 2010 .
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