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Family: Bursidae frog shells



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Bufonaria cristinae
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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
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Bursa asperrima
[]

Coltro, Marcus

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

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa awatii
[]
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Bursa bubo
[]

Coltro, Marcus

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

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bursa bufonia
[Warty frog shell]
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Bursa calcipicta
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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 corrugataPerry, 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]
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Bursa davidboschi
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Bursa finlayi
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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]
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Max. Length 6.5 cm ShH
 
Bursa lamarckii
[]
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Bursa latitudo
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No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
 
Bursa leo
[]
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Bursa lucaensis
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Bursa luteostoma
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Bursa mammata
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Max. Length 8.3 cm DL
 
Bursa natalensis
[]
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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]
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Bursa verrucosa
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Bursina borisbeckeri
[]
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Bursina fijiensis
[]
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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 oyamaiHabe, 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]
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Tutufa tenuigranosa
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