Tutufa rubeta

Tutufa rubeta
	shell of Tutufa rubeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Tutufa
Subgenus:	Tutufella
Species:	T. rubeta
Binomial name
	Tutufa rubeta; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
	Biplex tuberculus Perry, 1811; Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758); Lampas caledonensis Jousseaume, 1881; Lampas hians Schumacher, 1817; Murex rana var. rubeta Linnaeus, 1758; Tritonium tuberosum Röding, 1798

Tutufa rubeta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Description

Brown form

Tutufa rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Tutufa (Tutufella) rubeta (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476603 on 19 June 2010 .

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