Crossata

Crossata
Apertural view of Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833) with operculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Crossata Jousseaume, 1881
Type species
Ranella ventricosa Broderip, 1833

Crossata is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Crossata include:

• Crossata barbarajeanae C. L. Powell & Berschauer, 2017
• Crossata californica (Hinds, 1843)
• Crossata fuscopicta (Sowerby III, 1893)
• Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833)^[2]

Species brought into synonymy

• Crossata californica (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833)

References

1. Crossata Jousseaume, 1881. WoRMS (2010). Crossata Jousseaume, 1881. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463415 on 19 June 2010 .
2. Crossata ventricosa (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.

• Powell & Berschauer: Crossata (Gastropoda: Bursidae) in the eastern Pacific: A morphologic and paleontologic perspective; The Festivus vol. 49 (3); 2017.