Dulcerana granularis

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| taxon = Dulcerana granularis

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  • 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

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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.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

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Distribution

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 85 mm.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}}.[http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=5231 New Zealand Mollusca: Bursa gramularis]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 256 m.

References

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  • 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.
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  • 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.