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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
Notes:
Giant Frog Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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)

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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