Tutufa

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Tutufa
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Two views of a shell of Tutufa bufo
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Five views of a shell of Tutufa bubo
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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
  • LampasSchumacher, 1817 (invalid: junior homonym of LampasMontfort, 1808 [Foraminifera]; Tutufella is a replacement name)
  • Tutufa (Tutufa)Jousseaume, 1881 · alternate representation
  • Tutufa (Tutufella)Beu, 1981 · alternate representation
  • TutufellaBeu, 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]

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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:

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