Bursa bufonia Gmelin 1791 (frog shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae

Alternative combinations: Bursa bufonius, Murex bufonius

Synonyms: Bursa mammata Röding 1798, Bursa monitata Röding 1798

Belongs to Bursa according to A. G. Beu et al. 2012

See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Bursa (Bursa), Bursa amphitrites, Bursa asperrima, Bursa chipolana, Bursa chira, Bursa condita, Bursa corrugata, Bursa cruentata, Bursa granularis, Bursa grayana, Bursa koperbergae, Bursa lamarckii, Bursa latitudo, Bursa natalensis, Bursa ranelloides, Bursa rhodostoma, Bursa rosa, Bursa rubeta, Bursa rugosa, Bursa saundersi, Bursa scrobilator, Bursa trampasensis, Bursa victrix, Bursa washingtoniana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Hawaii collection), Vanuatu (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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