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Bursidae (frog shell)

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Bursidae Thiele
1980Bursidae Hickman p. 48
1984Bursidae Squires p. 29
1988Bursidae Ponder and Warén p. 302
1988Bursidae Squires p. 14
1998Bursidae Beesley p. 794
2001Bursidae Todd
2005Bursidae Beu p. 8
2005Bursidae Bouchet et al. p. 253
2010Bursidae Beu p. 41
2012Bursidae Beu et al. p. 63
2017Bursidae Bouchet et al. p. 348

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
familyBursidaeThiele 1925

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Bursidae Thiele 1925 [frog shell]
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G. Bufonaria Schumacher 1817
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Subg. Bufonaria (Bufonaria) Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Bursa (Bufonaria) spinosa Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
Bufonaria elegans Sowerby 1836
Invalid names: Chasmotheca Dall 1904 [synonym]
G. Bursa Roding 1798
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Subg. Bursa (Bursa) Röding 1798
†Bursa amphitrites Maury 1917
Bursa asperrima Dunker 1862
Bursa bufonia Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Bursa mammata Röding 1798 [synonym], Bursa monitata Röding 1798 [synonym]
†Bursa chipolana Schmelz 1997
†Bursa chira Olsson 1930
Bursa condita Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Tritonium candisatum Röding 1798 [synonym]
Bursa corrugata Perry 1811
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Invalid names: Bursa mexicana Perrilliat 1963 [synonym], Ranella caelata Broderip 1833 [synonym], Ranella ponderosa Reeve 1844 [synonym], Ranella pustulosa Reeve 1844 [synonym], Ranella semigranosa Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Bursa cruentata Sowerby 1835
Bursa granularis Röding 1798
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Invalid names: Biplex rubicola Perry 1811 [synonym], Bursa alfredensis Turton 1932 [synonym], Bursa cumingiana Dunker 1862 [synonym], Bursa kowiensis Turton 1932 [synonym], Ranella affinis Broderip 1833 [synonym], Ranella cubaniana d'Orbigny 1841 [synonym], Ranella granifera Röding 1798 [synonym], Ranella livida Reeve 1844 [synonym], Tritonium jabick Röding 1798 [synonym]
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
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Invalid names: Bursa bufoniopsis Maury 1917 [synonym]
Bursa koperbergae Van Regteren Altena 1942
Bursa lamarckii Deshayes 1832
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Invalid names: Bursa angioyorum Parth 1990 [synonym], Bursa muehlhaeusseri Parth 1990 [synonym]
Bursa latitudo Garrard 1961
Bursa natalensis Coelho and Matthews 1970
Bursa ranelloides Reeve 1844
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Invalid names: Bursa finlayi McGinty 1962 [synonym], Bursa pygmaea Kosuge 1979 [synonym], Simpulum papillosum Adams 1870 [synonym]
Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby II 1835
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Invalid names: Ranella bergeri Tapparone-Canefri 1881 [synonym], Ranella paulucciana Tapparone-Canefri 1876 [synonym], Ranella thomae d'Orbigny 1841 [synonym], Ranella venustula Reeve 1844 [synonym]
Bursa rosa Perry 1811
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Invalid names: Ranella siphonata Reeve 1844 [synonym]
†Bursa rubeta Röding 1798
Bursa rugosa Sowerby II 1835
†Bursa saundersi Adegoke 1977
Bursa scrobilator Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Murex nodosus Borson 1825 [synonym]
Bursa trampasensis Clark 1915
†Bursa victrix Dall 1916
†Bursa washingtoniana Weaver 1912
Invalid names: Annaperenna Iredale 1936 [synonym], Bufonariella Thiele 1929 [synonym], Colubrellina Fischer 1884 [synonym], Lampasopsis Jousseaume 1881 [synonym], Pseudobursa Rovereto 1899 [synonym]
G. Bursina Oyama 1964
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Bursina fijiensis Watson 1881
Bursina nobilis Reeve 1844
G. Crossata Jousseaume 1881
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Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833
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Invalid names: Bursa calcipicta Dall 1908 [synonym], Bursa californica Hinds 1843 [synonym]
G. Dulcerana Iredale 1931
G. †Hanaibursa Kase 1984
G. Marsupina Dall 1904
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Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792
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†Bursa crassa colombiana Weisbord 1929
Invalid names: Bursa (Marsupina) spadicea Montfot 1810 [synonym], Bursa gibbosa Röding 1798 [synonym], Bursa proavus Pilsbry 1922 [synonym], Murex crassus Dillwyn 1817 [synonym], Ranella granulata Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
†Marsupina freya Olsson 1932
†Marsupina judensis Beu 2010
Marsupina nana Broderip and Sowerby 1829
†Marsupina strongi Jordan 1936
Invalid names: Buffo Montfort 1810 [synonym]
G. †Olequahia Stewart 1927
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†Olequahia hornii Gabb 1864
†Olequahia lincolnensis Weaver 1916
†Olequahia lorenzana Wagner and Schilling 1923
†Olequahia schencki Durham 1944
G. †Ranellina Conrad 1865
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†Ranellina pilsbryi Stewart 1927
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Invalid names: Fusus californicus Conrad 1855 [replaced]
†Ranellina sulcata Lea 1833
G. Tutufa Jousseaume 1881
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†Bursa (Tutufa) pelouatensis Cossmann and Peyrot 1903
Subg. Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume 1881
Subg. Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu 1981
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Invalid names: Lampas Schumacher 1817 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (367 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan Hanaibursa aquilana (91260 91286 91293)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Ranellina pilsbryi (11117)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Bursa saundersi (7791)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Olequahia sp., Ranellina sp. (167604) Ranellina pilsbryi (122656)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Ranellina pilsbryi (8011 8018 200144)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Fusus californicus (190801) Olequahia lorenzana (194559) Olequahia sp. (194557)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Ranellina pilsbryi (200899)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Ranellina maclurii (205421) Ranellina sp. (205537)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Olequahia hornii (194416) Ranellina pilsbryi (200727 200759 200767 201695) Ranellina sp. (94829)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Olequahia horni, Ranellina pilsbryi (194184) Olequahia lorenzana (194440 194587) Olequahia sp. (194586) Ranellina pilsbryi (194185)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Ranella elegans (70102)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Ranellina maclurii (5322 81266 90600 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Cymatium washingtoniana (200858 200863)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Bursa chira (52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Bursa cowlitzensis, Bursa washingtoniana (139020) Bursa washingtoniana (207129) Olequahia washingtoniana (203164) Ranella washingtoniana (52205 52206)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru Bursa chira (179594)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Olequahia lorenzana (52799) Strepsidura lincolnensis (52622 52626)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Olequahia lorenzana (91606 91607 180417) Olequahia washingtoniana (202067)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Bursa chira (100331)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Olequahia schencki (38938 39000 39002 39003 39027 39029 39945 39949 40182 40184 40185 40186 40190 40191 40192 40193 40194 40197 40199)