Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Alanbeuella corrugata (Perry, 1811)

Búrsida llamativa, Gaudy frogsnail

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Tonnoidea

Family
Bursidae

Genus
Alanbeuella

Species
corrugata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Biplex corrugata Perry, 1811, Bursa caelata (Broderip, 1833), Bursa caelata louisa M. Smith, 1948, Bursa corrugata (Perry, 1811), Bursa pustulosa (Reeve, 1844), Bursa pustulosa var. jabik Fischer-Piette, 1942, Ranella caelata Broderip, 1833, Ranella ponderosa Reeve, 1844, Ranella pustulosa Reeve, 1844, Ranella pustulosa var. jabik Fischer-Piette, 1942, Ranella semigranosa Lamarck, 1822 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Alanbeuella corrugata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19978. Accessed 8 June 2026.