Dulcerana granularis

Dulcerana granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Littorinimorpha

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Dulcerana granularis

A shell of Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Dulcerana
Species:	D. granularis
Binomial name
*Dulcerana granularis* (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms^[1]
Biplex rubicola Perry, 1811 Bursa affinis (Broderip, 1833) Bursa affinis granularis (Röding, 1798) Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932 Bursa cumingiana Dunker, 1862 Bursa granifera (Lamarck, 1816) Bursa granularis f. affinis (Broderip, 1833) Bursa granularis f. alfredensis Turton, 1932 Bursa kowiensis Turton, 1932 Bursa livida Reeve, 1844 Colubrellina granularis (Röding, 1798) Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816 Tritonium granulare Röding, 1798 (basionym) Tritonium jabick Röding, 1798

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off New Zealand, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles. and Red Sea, and Arabian Sea.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 256 m.^[2]

References

[1]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472303 on 2023-07-20
[2]
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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New Zealand Mollusca: Bursa gramularis

Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III (fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72
Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p. 221)
Beu, A.G. 1998 Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 178 (p. 150)
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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