''Tutufa'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Bursidae
The Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells", are a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod predatory snails in the clade Littorinimorpha. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bursidae Thiele, 1925. A ...
, the frog shells.
Description
The shell is turreted. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are nodose. The
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...
is very short and recurved.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tutufa'' include:
* ''
Tutufa bardeyi''
(Jousseaume, 1881)
* ''
Tutufa boholica
''Tutufa (Tutufella) boholica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae
The Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells", are a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastrop ...
''
Beu, 1987
* ''
Tutufa bubo''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Tutufa bufo''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''
Tutufa hitoshiikedai''
Thach, 2023
* ''
Tutufa kevini''
Thach, 2023
* ''
Tutufa lucsegersi''
Thach, 2023
* ''
Tutufa nigrita''
Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979
* ''
Tutufa oyamai''
(Habe, 1973)
* ''
Tutufa robusta''
T. Cossignani, 2009
* ''
Tutufa rubeta''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Tutufa tenuigranosa
''Tutufa tenuigranosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae
The Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells", are a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod preda ...
''
(E.A. Smith, 1914)
* ''
Tutufa truongi
''Tutufa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Description
The shell is turreted. The Whorl (mollusc), whorls are nodose. The siphonal canal is very short ...
''
Thach, 2023
References
* Thach, N. N. (2023). New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp.
ncluding 63 plates
External links
Jousseaume, F. (1881). Description de nouvelles coquilles. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 6: 172-188 Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
Bursidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Félix Pierre Jousseaume
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