Tutufa bufo, common name the red-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]
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| shell of Tutufa bufo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bursidae |
| Genus: | Tutufa |
| Species: | T. bufo
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| Binomial name | |
| Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 240 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Rottnest Island, Coffs Harbour, and Rarawa Beach.
References
edit- ^ a b Tutufa bufo (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2011 .
- Cossignani (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 63 (2) : 27
External links
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- "Tutufa (Tutufa) bufo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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