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Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Tutufa (Genus)
> bubo (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 bubo Linnaeus, 1758
=Bursa lampas Linnaeus, 1758
=Murex rana var. bubo Linnaeus, 1758
=Tutufa (Tutufa) bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Tutufa (Genus)
> bubo (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 bubo Linnaeus, 1758
=Bursa lampas Linnaeus, 1758
=Murex rana var. bubo Linnaeus, 1758
=Tutufa (Tutufa) bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Length 330mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Giant Frog Shell, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.172)

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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