Tutufa nigrita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bursidae |
Genus: | Tutufa |
Species: | T. nigrita |
Binomial name | |
Tutufa nigrita Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Tutufa (Tutufella) nigrita, common name the blackened frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 85 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Mozambique.
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