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Bufonaria

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Taxonomy
Bufonaria was named by Schumacher (1817) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7930]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Ranella (Bufonaria) by Martin (1899), Vredenburg (1925); it was reranked as Bursa (Bufonaria) by Cox (1948), MacNeil (1960).

It was assigned to Ranella by Martin (1899), Vredenburg (1925); to Bursa by Cox (1948), MacNeil (1960); and to Bursidae by Wilson (1993), Beu (2005).

Species
B. (Bufonaria), B. elegans
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. ignobilis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Bufonaria Schumacher p. 251
1899Ranella (Bufonaria) Martin p. 147
1904Chasmotheca Dall p. 118
1925Ranella (Bufonaria) Vredenburg p. 258
1935Bursa (Chasmotheca) Oostingh p. 61
1948Bursa (Bufonaria) Cox p. 41
1960Bursa (Bufonaria) MacNeil p. 60
1993Bufonaria Wilson p. 225
2002Chasmotheca Sepkoski
2005Bufonaria Beu p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusBufonariaSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bufonaria Schumacher 1817
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Subg. Bufonaria (Bufonaria) Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Bursa (Bufonaria) spinosa Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
Bufonaria elegans Sowerby 1836
Invalid names: Chasmotheca Dall 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Ranella elegans (70102)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia B. echinata (70178)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Ranella elegans (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Ranella spinosa (77133)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Ranella elegans (70098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Bursa rana (42318)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Ranella elegans (77138)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Bursa crumena (84523 84560)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Bursa crumena (78263)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) B. ignobilis (96670 96671)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan Bursa rana (96254 96255 96259 96270 96271 96272 96273 96276 96279)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Fiji Bursa rana (94832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Bursa margaritula (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia B. thersites (192720)