Bursa (gastropod)

Bursa
Bursa tuberosissima, abapertural view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Röding, 1798[1]
Type species
Bursa monitata
Röding, 1798
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Bursa (Bursa) Röding, 1798
  • Bursa (Colubrellina) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Bursa (Lampadopsis) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Colubrellina Fischer, 1884
  • Columbraria ·(incorrect subsequent spelling of Colubrellina)
  • Lampadopsis Fischer, 1884 (Justified emendation of Lampasopsis Jousseaume, 1881)
  • Pseudobursa Rovereto, 1899 (Unnecessary replacement name for Bursa Röding, 1798)

Bursa is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the frog snails or frog shells.[2]

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 128.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Bursa Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137717 on 2010-11-27