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Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Tutufa (Genus)
> bufo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bursa (Lampas) Schumacher, 1817
=Bursa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
=Lampas Schumacher, 1817
=Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
=Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu, 1981
=Tutufella Beu, 1981
Synonymised Names:
=Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta var. lissostoma E.A. Smith, 1914
=Bursa lissostoma E.A. Smith, 1914
=Tritonium bufo Röding, 1798
=Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo (Röding, 1798)
=Tutufa robusta Cossignani, 2009
Images: Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)
From off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 134mm
Typical beach-worn specimen found occasionally on Northland beaches. 76mm
Washed up on beach, Northland, NZ. 76mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Tutufa (Genus)
> bufo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bursa (Lampas) Schumacher, 1817
=Bursa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
=Lampas Schumacher, 1817
=Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume, 1881
=Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu, 1981
=Tutufella Beu, 1981
Synonymised Names:
=Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta var. lissostoma E.A. Smith, 1914
=Bursa lissostoma E.A. Smith, 1914
=Tritonium bufo Röding, 1798
=Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo (Röding, 1798)
=Tutufa robusta Cossignani, 2009
Details: Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)
Size/Grows to:
Height 160mm, Width 100mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty. In craypots
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.221)
  • Beu, A.G. 1998 Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 178 (p.174)
  • Beu, A.G. 1986 Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae: Part 2 - Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13(3) (p.346)
  • Beu, A.G. 1980 Australian gastropods of the family Bursidae: Part 1 - The families of Tonnacea, the genera of Bursidae, and revision of species previously assigned to Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881, Records of the Australian Museum, 33(1) (p.272)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.168)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.189)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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