| Tutufa bardeyi | |
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| A shell of Tutufa bardeyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Tutufa |
| Species: | T. bardeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tutufa bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1881) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tutufa bardeyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 430 mm. This quite rare shell is the largest known in Bursidae species. It is thick and heavy, with a deeply notched siphonal canal at the end of a wide whitish or slightly yellowish or pinkish aperture. The outer lip is relatively thin, with a wavy edge. The surface color may be almost white or pale brown and shows broad, prominent ribs, closely adjacent to each other.
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.
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