Species Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex rana Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [748].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LS Linnaeus number: 527.
• Ranella albivaricosa Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Ranella. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 1, fig. 2] [in part].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1967651, "Ceylon".
• Gyrineum scelestum Yokoyama, M. 1928. Mollusca from the oil-field of the island of Taiwan. Imperial Geological Survey of Japan Report. 1-112, pls 1-18 [44, pl. 3, figs 5, 6].

 

Generic Combinations

• Bursa (Gyrineum) rana (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Kira, T. 1962. Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour. Osaka : Hoikusa 224 pp., 72 pls. [57, pl. 22, fig. 19]
• Gyrineum rana (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Habe, T. 1967. Common Shells of Japan in Colour. The tropical Pacific. Osaka : Hoikusha Publishing Co. Vol. 2 193 pp., 68 pls. [65, pl. 25, fig. 1]
• Bursa rana (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [80, pl. 54, fig. 6a]
• Bufonaria rana (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [226, pl. 43, figs 1a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 55 m

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. & Dance, S.P. 1982. Compendium of Seashells: a colour guide to more than 4,200 of the world's marine shells. New York : E. P. Dutton pp. i-x, 1-411. [128, text fig.]

Beu, A.G. 1987. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt 2. Descriptions of 14 new Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 273-355 [333, figs 222-228]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [19]

Beu, A.G. 1999. Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae of Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan. The Yuriyagai 7(1): 1-91 [47, figs 89-98]

Brazier, J. 1877. List of marine shells, with descriptions of the new species collected during the 'Chevert' Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 169-181 [175]

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [15, pl. 10]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [12, fig. 20]

MacNeil, F.S. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 339: i-iv, 1-148, 19 pls [60, pl. 13, fig. 5]

Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 2. Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa. 109-231, pls 10-16 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Leiden : Brill Vol. 49. [117]

Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [397]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [84, fig. 274]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [226, pl. 43, figs 1a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [80, pl. 54, fig. 6]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [15, pl. 10] (Frog Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	13-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED