Bursa bufonia
- Usual depth1–52 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Bursa bufonia, common name the warty frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bursa bufonia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–52 m · Deepest record: 52 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- オキニシ, シロミオキニシ
- Korean
- 무사마귀두꺼비고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 蟾蜍蛙螺
Other scientific names: Bursa dunkeri, Bursa mammata, Bursa monitata, Gyrineum bufonium, Murex bufonia, Ranella bufonia
Similar species
- Lamarck's frog shell
Bursa lamarckii
Common frogsnailBufonaria rana
Granular Frog ShellDulcerana granularis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 195 open-data records from 1791 to 2003.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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