Crossata ventricosa

Crossata ventricosa
Several views of a shell of Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Crossata
Species:
C. ventricosa
Binomial name
Crossata ventricosa
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Bursa (Crossata) ventricosa (Broderip,1833)
  • Bursa (Lampadopsis) calcipicta Dall, 1908
  • Bursa californica (Hinds, 1843)
  • Bursa californica sonorana Berry, 1960
  • Crossata californica (Hinds, 1843)
  • Ranella californica Hinds, 1843
  • Ranella tenuis Potiez & Michaud, 1838
  • Ranella ventricosa Broderip, 1833
Apertural view Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833) with operculum.

Crossata ventricosa (swollen frog shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 39 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, Peru, and Ecuador.

References

  1. 1 2 Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). WoRMS (2010). Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). 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=476468 on 7 October 2012 .