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Dulcerana granularis

Dulcerana granularis
A shell of Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Dulcerana
Species:
D. granularis
Binomial name
Dulcerana granularis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Biplex rubicola Perry, 1811
  • Bursa affinis (Broderip, 1833)
  • Bursa affinis granularis (Röding, 1798)
  • Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932
  • Bursa cumingiana Dunker, 1862
  • Bursa granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Bursa granularis f. affinis (Broderip, 1833)
  • Bursa granularis f. alfredensis Turton, 1932
  • Bursa kowiensis Turton, 1932
  • Bursa livida Reeve, 1844
  • Colubrellina granularis (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816
  • Tritonium granulare Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Tritonium jabick Röding, 1798

Dulcerana granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Apertural view of Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798) with operculum.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, off New Zealand, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.[2][3]

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 256 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472303 on 2023-07-20
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. ^ New Zealand Mollusca: Bursa gramularis
  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III (fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 72
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p. 221)
  • Beu, A.G. 1998 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 (p. 150)
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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