Tutufa nigrita

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Tutufa nigrita
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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]
  • Bursa nigritaMulhauser & Blocher, 1979
  • Tutufa nigritaMühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979

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]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Mozambique.

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References

  1. 1 2 Tutufa nigrita Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979 . WoRMS (2010). Tutufa (Tutufella) nigrita Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979. 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=476601 on 5 October 2012 .