Tutufa

Tutufa
Two views of a shell of Tutufa bufo
Five views of a shell of Tutufa bubo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Tutufa
Jousseaume, 1881
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa (Lampas) Schumacher, 1817
  • Bursa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
  • Lampas Schumacher, 1817 (invalid: junior homonym of Lampas Montfort, 1808 [Foraminifera]; Tutufella is a replacement name)
  • Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881 · alternate representation
  • Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu, 1981 · alternate representation
  • Tutufella Beu, 1981 (Replacement name for Lampas' Montfort, 1808 [Foraminifera]; Tutufella is a replacement name)

Tutufa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

  1. ^ a b Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. WoRMS (2010). Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2010 .