Tutufa Explained

Tutufa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

Description

The shell is turreted. The whorls are nodose. The siphonal canal is very short and recurved.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Tutufa include:

• Tutufa bardeyi (Jousseaume, 1881)
• Tutufa boholica 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 (E.A. Smith, 1914)
• Tutufa truongi Thach, 2023

References

• Thach, N. N. (2023). New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp. [including 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls