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Bursidae

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Description

The Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells", are a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod predatory snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bursidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2677	https://www.gbif.org/species/2677
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59432	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59432

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Bursidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bursidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Bursidae	Thiele 1925

Common Name

frog shell

Scientific Name

Bursidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bursidae	family	belongs to Cymatiacea	stated without evidence	Hickman, 1980
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Bursidae	family	belongs to Mesogastropoda	stated without evidence	Squires, 1988
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnoidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnoidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnoidea	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnoidea	stated without evidence	Beu, 2010
Bursidae	family	belongs to Tonnoidea	stated with evidence	Beu et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

45 (71%)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Frog Shell, Froschschnecken, Frog Shells, Frog Snails, オキニシ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bursidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aquitanobursa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aspa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bufonaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Bursa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		198	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Bursina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Crossata genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Dulcerana genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Hanaibursa ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Marsupina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Olequahia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Olssonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ranellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Tutufa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1925	Bursidae Thiele
1980	Bursidae Hickman p. 48
1984	Bursidae Squires p. 29
1988	Bursidae Ponder and Warén p. 302
1988	Bursidae Squires p. 14
1998	Bursidae Beesley p. 794

Year	Name and Author
2001	Bursidae Todd
2005	Bursidae Beu p. 8
2005	Bursidae Bouchet et al. p. 253
2010	Bursidae Beu p. 41
2012	Bursidae Beu et al. p. 63

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Beu A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia, Scripta Geologica 130, 1-186

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Beu A. G. (2010) Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus, Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378, 1-550

Beu A. G., Bouchet P., et al (2012) Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia, Molluscan Research 32 2, 61-120

Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. 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: 1-255. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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