Bufonaria
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Bufonaria is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of medium-large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Bursidae
Bursidae
Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells" is a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod predatory snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Distribution:...

, the "frog snails".

Species

Species within the genus Bufonaria may include: http://data.ala.org.au/species/browse/resource/1/taxon/2169576/?unconfirmedNames=true#unconfirmedNames
  • Bufonaria cavitensis
    Bufonaria cavitensis
    Bufonaria cavitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Reeve, 1844)
  • Bufonaria cristinae
    Bufonaria cristinae
    Bufonaria cristinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     Parth, 1989
  • Bufonaria crumena
    Bufonaria crumena
    Bufonaria crumena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Bufonaria crumenoides 
  • Bufonaria echinata
    Bufonaria echinata
    Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm. This species is distributed in the Red Sea, along Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, along the Philippines and China....

     (Link, 1807)
  • Bufonaria elegans
    Bufonaria elegans
    Bufonaria elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (G.B. Sowerby II, 1836)
  • Bufonaria foliata
    Bufonaria foliata
    Bufonaria foliata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Broderip, 1826)
  • Bufonaria granosa
    Bufonaria granosa
    Bufonaria granosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Martin, 1884)
  • Bufonaria margaritula
    Bufonaria margaritula
    Bufonaria margaritula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Bufonaria marginata
    Bufonaria marginata
    Bufonaria marginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Bufonaria nobilis 
  • Bufonaria perelegans
    Bufonaria perelegans
    Bufonaria perelegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.Common name is Near-elegant Frog Shell.-Description:...

     Beu, 1987
  • Bufonaria rana
    Bufonaria rana
    Bufonaria rana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bufonaria subgranosa 
  • Bufonaria thersites
    Bufonaria thersites
    Bufonaria thersites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Redfield, 1846)

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Bufonaria borisbeckeri : synonym of Bursina borisbeckeri
    Bursina borisbeckeri
    Bursina borisbeckeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.The species is named after the German tennis player, Boris Becker....

     (Parth, 1996)
  • Bufonaria bufo : synonym of Marsupina bufo
    Marsupina bufo
    Marsupina bufo, common name the chestnut frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.-Distribution:...

     (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Bufonaria fernandesi : synonym of Bursina fernandezi
    Bursina fernandezi
    Bursina fernandezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Beu, 1977)
  • Bufonaria ignobilis Beu, 1987 : synonym of Bursina ignobilis
    Bursina ignobilis
    Bursina ignobilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Beu, 1987)
  • Bufonaria lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) : synonym of Bursa lamarckii
    Bursa lamarckii
    Bursa lamarckii, common name : Lamarck's frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.-Description:The shell size varies between 33mm and 80 mm.-Distribution:...

     (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Bufonaria pesleonis Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Bursa scrobilator
    Bursa scrobilator
    Bursa scrobilator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

     (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bufonaria spinosa Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Bufonaria echinata
    Bufonaria echinata
    Bufonaria echinata, the spiny frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. The shell size is between 50mm and 85 mm. This species is distributed in the Red Sea, along Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, along the Philippines and China....

    (Link, 1807)
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