Dulcerana

Dulcerana
Shell of Dulcerana affinis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Dulcerana Oyama, 1964
Type species
Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms
Colubrellina (Dulcerana) Oyama, 1964

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

Species

• Dulcerana affinis (Broderip, 1833)
• Dulcerana cubaniana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
• Dulcerana elisabettae (Nappo, Pellegrini & Bonomolo, 2014)
• Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798)

Taxa inquirenda

• Dulcerana alfredensis (W. H. Turton, 1932)
• Dulcerana kowiensis (W. H. Turton, 1932)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Dulcerana Oyama, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463412 on 2023-07-19

External links

• Oyama K. (1964). On the confused usage of the genus Ranella and the allies. Venus. 22(4): 317-336
• 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.