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Family: Bursidae frog shells



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Bufonaria cristinae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm ShH
Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bufonaria crumena
[Purse frog shell]

Modi, Shuanak

Western Indian Ocean

Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Bufonaria echinata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm ShH
 
Bufonaria gnorima
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Bufonaria margaritula (Deshayes, 1832)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bufonaria margaritula
[Noble frog shell]
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Bufonaria perelegans
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bufonaria rana
[Common frog shell]
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Bufonaria subgranosa
[]
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Bufonaria thersites
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa asperrima
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm ShH
Bursa awatii Ray, 1949

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa awatii
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa bubo
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 8 cm ShH
Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa bufonia
[Warty frog shell]
No picture found
 
Bursa calcipicta
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa californica
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No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm ShH
 
Bursa condita
[Tall frog shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Bursa corrugata Perry, 1811

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa corrugata
[Gaudy frogsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Bursa cruentata (Sowerby, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa cruentata
[Blood-stained frog shell]
No picture found
 
Bursa davidboschi
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No picture found
 
Bursa finlayi
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa fosteri
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Max. Length 4.8 cm TL
Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Bursa granularis
[Cuba frogsnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Bursa grayana
[Elegant frogsnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm ShH
 
Bursa lamarckii
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa latitudo
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
 
Bursa leo
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa lucaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa luteostoma
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No picture found
 
Bursa mammata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.3 cm DL
 
Bursa natalensis
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa quirihorai
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Bursa ranelloides (Reeve, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa ranelloides
[Fine-sculpted frogsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 5.5 cm ShH
Bursa rosa (Perry, 1811)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa rosa
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa scrobilator
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No picture found
 
Bursa tenuisculpta
[]
No picture found
 
Bursa tuberosissima
[Yellow mouthed frog shell]
No picture found
 
Bursa verrucosa
[]
No picture found
 
Bursina borisbeckeri
[]
No picture found
 
Bursina fijiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Bursina ignobilis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm ShH
Bursina nobilis (Reeve, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursina nobilis
[]
No picture found
 
Crossata californica
[California frogsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Lampasopsis rhodostoma (Sowerby II, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lampasopsis rhodostoma
[St. Thomas frogsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Lampasopsis thomae (d'Orbigny, 1847)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lampasopsis thomae
[St. Thomas frog shell]
No picture found
 
Tutufa boholica
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SHL
Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tutufa bubo
[Giant frog shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 14 cm ShH
Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tutufa bufo
[Red-fringed frog shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 8.5 cm ShH
Tutufa oyamai Habe, 1973

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tutufa oyamai
[Oyama's frog shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 11 cm ShH
Tutufa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tutufa rubeta
[Reddish frog shell]
No picture found
 
Tutufa tenuigranosa
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bufonaria cristinae Western Central Pacific 1989
Bufonaria crumena Purse frog shell Indo-West Pacific 9 ShH 1816
Bufonaria echinata Western Indian Ocean 1807
Bufonaria gnorima Western Central Pacific 8.5 ShH 1899
Bufonaria margaritula Noble frog shell Western Central Pacific 1832
Bufonaria perelegans Western Central Pacific 1987
Bufonaria rana Common frog shell Indo-Pacific 9 SHL 1758
Bufonaria subgranosa Western Central Pacific 1836
Bufonaria thersites Western Central Pacific 1846
Bursa asperrima Pacific Ocean. 1862
Bursa awatii Western Central Pacific 7.5 ShH 1949
Bursa bubo Western Central Pacific 1758
Bursa bufonia Warty frog shell Indo-Pacific. 8 ShH 1791
Bursa calcipicta Indo-Pacific. 1908
Bursa californica Indo-Pacific. 1843
Bursa condita Tall frog shell Indo-West Pacific 11 ShH 1791
Bursa corrugata Gaudy frogsnail Atlantic Ocean. 7.5 TL 1811
Bursa cruentata Blood-stained frog shell Pacific Ocean. 1835
Bursa davidboschi Western Central Pacific 1987
Bursa finlayi Western Central Pacific 1962
Bursa fosteri Western Central Pacific 1981
Bursa granularis Cuba frogsnail Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 4.8 TL 1798
Bursa grayana Elegant frogsnail Western Atlantic. 2.8 DL 1862
Bursa lamarckii Indo-Pacific. 6.5 ShH 1853
Bursa latitudo Indo-Pacific. 1961
Bursa leo Western Central Pacific 4.5 ShH 1964
Bursa lucaensis Western Central Pacific 1991
Bursa luteostoma Eastern Central Pacific 1861
Bursa mammata Western Pacific 1798
Bursa natalensis Western Atlantic. 8.3 DL 1970
Bursa quirihorai Western Central Pacific 1987
Bursa ranelloides Fine-sculpted frogsnail Western Atlantic. 1844
Bursa rosa Indo-Pacific. 5.5 ShH 1811
Bursa scrobilator Mediterranean Sea. 1758
Bursa tenuisculpta Mediterranean Sea. 1906
Bursa tuberosissima Yellow mouthed frog shell Western Central Pacific 1844
Bursa verrucosa Southwest Pacific. 1825
Bursina borisbeckeri Western Central Pacific 1999
Bursina fijiensis Pacific Ocean. 1881
Bursina ignobilis Indo-West Pacific. 1987
Bursina nobilis Indo-West Pacific. 6 ShH 1844
Crossata californica California frogsnail East and Southwest Pacifi 1843
Lampasopsis rhodostoma St. Thomas frogsnail Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 3.5 TL 1835
Lampasopsis thomae St. Thomas frog shell Western Central Atlantic 1847
Tutufa boholica Western Central Pacific 1987
Tutufa bubo Giant frog shell Indo-Pacific 30 SHL 1758
Tutufa bufo Red-fringed frog shell Indo-Pacific. 14 ShH 1798
Tutufa oyamai Oyama's frog shell Western Pacific. 8.5 ShH 1973
Tutufa rubeta Reddish frog shell Indo-Pacific. 11 ShH 1758
Tutufa tenuigranosa Indo-Pacific. 1914



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