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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:
Raoul Island, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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