Bursa verrucosa

Bursa verrucosa is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, known as the frog shells.

Bursa verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Bursa
Species:
B. verrucosa
Binomial name
Bursa verrucosa
Synonyms

Ranella verrucosa Sowerby, 1825
Murex papilla Wood, 1828
Annaperenna verrucosa Iredale, 1936

Distribution

This species is found in portions of Australia, New Zealand,[1] and the Kermadec Islands, in moderate water depths.

References
  1. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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