Korrigania quirihorai explained

Korrigania quirihorai 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 30 mm and 64 mm.

This species was named after Quirino Hora from Panglao, Bohol, whose family owns the extensive Nova Shell Museum.

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 quirihorai (Beu, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472100 on 2023-07-20