Tutufa

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

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)

Description

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

Species

Species within the genus Tutufa include:

References

  • 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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