Bursa bufonia
Bursa bufonia shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bursa
Species:	B. bufonia
Binomial name
Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Bursa bufonia dunkeri Kira, 1959 Bursa dunkeri Kira, 1962 Bursa mammata Röding, 1798 Bursa monitata Röding, 1798 Bursa (Bursa) monitata Röding, P.F., 1798 Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807 Murex bufonia Gmelin, 1791 Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)

Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 101 mm.