Tutufa bufo
Appearance
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shell of Tutufa bufo | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bursidae |
Genus: | Tutufa |
Species: | T. bufo
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Binomial name | |
Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)
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Tutufa bufo, common name the red-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 240 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2011 .
- Cossignani (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 63 (2) : 27
External links
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- "Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.