Biology:Tutufa rubeta

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tutufa rubeta
shell of Tutufa rubeta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Tutufa
Species:	T. rubeta
Binomial name
Tutufa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Biplex tuberculus Perry, 1811 Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758) Bursa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted combination) Lampas caledonensis Jousseaume, 1881 Lampas hians Schumacher, 1817 Murex rana var. rubeta Linnaeus, 1758 Tritonium tuberosum Röding, 1798 Tutufa (Tutufella) rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tutufa rubeta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

Description

The length of the shell attains 95 mm.

Brown form

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines .

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• 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.
• Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.

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