Bursa rugosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae. [1]

Bursa rugosa
Apertural view of Bursa rugosa (Sowerby, 1835) with operculum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Bursa
Species:
B. rugosa
Binomial name
Bursa rugosa
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Synonyms[1]

Bursa calcipicta Keen 1958
Ranella rugosa G.B. Sowerby II, 1835

This species is carnivorous and it reproduces sexually.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 46 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Tanzania.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bursa rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835). WoRMS (2010). Bursa rugosa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216975 on 19 June 2010 .
  2. ^ "Bursa rugosa (G. B. Sowerby II 1835) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  • Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes & Records. 56: 1-33
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
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