Tutufa bufo

Tutufa bufo, common name the red-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Tutufa bufo
shell of Tutufa bufo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Bursidae
Genus:
Tutufa
Subgenus:
Tutufa
Species:
T. bufo
Binomial name
Tutufa bufo
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta var. lissostoma E.A. Smith, 1914
  • Ranella lampas Iwakawa, 1900
  • Tritonium bufo Röding, 1798
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) lissostoma Smith, E.A., 1914
  • Tutufa robusta Cossignani, 2009

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 240 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo (Röding, 1798). 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=476598 on 27 June 2011 .
  • Cossignani (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 63 (2) : 27
  • "Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.


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