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Bursa bufonia Warty frog shell

Bursa bufoniais commonly referred to as Warty frog shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Very easy. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
11123 
AphiaID:
216967 
Scientific:
Bursa bufonia 
German:
Warzige Froschschnecke, Raubschnecke 
English:
Warty Frog Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Bursidae (Family) > Bursa (Genus) > bufonia (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Pazific, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 54 Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 3.15" (5,00cm - 8,00cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Worms 
Difficulty:
Very easy 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Bursa asperrima
  • Bursa awatii
  • Bursa condita
  • Bursa corrugata
  • Bursa cruentata
  • Bursa davidboschi
  • Bursa fosteri
  • Bursa granularis
  • Bursa grayana
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-10-15 19:45:05 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Bursa bufonia are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Bursa bufonia, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Bursa bufonia, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms:
Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1962
Bursa mammata Röding, 1798
Bursa monitata Röding, 1798
Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807
Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791 (
Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Bursidae (Family) > Bursa (Genus) > Bursa bufonia (Species)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Kwajalein Underwater, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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