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Tutufa

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Tutufa
Two views of a shell of Tutufa bufo
Five views of a shell of Tutufa bubo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Tutufa
Jousseaume, 1881
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa (Lampas) Schumacher, 1817
  • Bursa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
  • Lampas Schumacher, 1817 (invalid: junior homonym of Lampas Montfort, 1808 [Foraminifera]; Tutufella is a replacement name)
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881 · alternate representation
  • Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu, 1981 · alternate representation
  • Tutufella Beu, 1981 (Replacement name for Lampas' Montfort, 1808 [Foraminifera]; Tutufella is a replacement name)

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

Description

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The shell is turreted. The whorls are nodose. The siphonal canal is very short and recurved.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Tutufa include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. WoRMS (2010). Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  3. ^ Tutufa bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  4. ^ Tutufa boholica Beu, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  5. ^ Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  6. ^ Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  7. ^ Tutufa nigrita Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  8. ^ Tutufa oyamai (Habe, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  9. ^ Tutufa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  10. ^ Tutufa tenuigranosa (E.A. Smith, 1914). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010.
  • Thach, N. N. (2023). New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp. [including 63 plates].
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