''Crossata'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Bursidae
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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bursidae Thiele, 1925. A ...
, the frog shells.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crossata'' include:
* ''
Crossata barbarajeanae
''Crossata'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crossata'' include:
* ''Crossata barbarajeanae'' C. L. Powell & Bersc ...
''
C. L. Powell & Berschauer, 2017
* ''
Crossata californica''
(Hinds, 1843)
* ''
Crossata fuscopicta''
(Sowerby III, 1893)
* ''
Crossata ventricosa''
(Broderip, 1833)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Crossata californica''
(Hinds, 1843): synonym of ''Crossata ventricosa''
(Broderip, 1833)
References
* Powell & Berschauer: ''Crossata (Gastropoda: Bursidae) in the eastern Pacific: A morphologic and paleontologic perspective''; The Festivus vol. 49 (3); 2017.
Bursidae
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