Bufonaria echinata
Species of gastropod
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Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
| Bufonaria echinata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Bufonaria |
| Species: | B. echinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Description
The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea; off Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, off the Philippines, and China.
