Korrigania fosteri explained

Korrigania fosteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 77.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

External links

• Beu A.G. (1987 ("1986")). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 2. Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13: 273-355.
• Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 (nomenclatural availability: 2020)). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Korrigania fosteri (Beu, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472099 on 2023-07-20