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Bursa lamarckii

Bursa lamarckii
Shell of Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Bursa
Species:	B. lamarckii
Binomial name
Bursa lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
Bursa angioyorum Parth, 1990 Bursa muehlhaeusseri Parth, 1990 Ranella lamarckii Deshayes, 1853 (basionym) Bufonaria lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) Bursa lamarkii (Deshayes, 1853) (misspelling)

Bursa lamarckii (Lamarck's frog shell) is a speciesofsea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

The shell size varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the central and west Indo-Pacific region; also off the Philippines.

The snail is named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

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• Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bursa lamarckii.

• "Bursa (Bursa) lamarcki". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
• Parth, M. (1990). Bursa muehlhaeusseri, spec. nov. und Bursa angioyorum, spec. nov., zwei neue Bursiden von den Philippinen (Gastropoda, Bursidae). Spixiana. 13 (2): 217-221
• Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. 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: 1-255

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