Species Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex bubo Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [748].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 1974147, Ambon, Indonesia.
• Murex lampas Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [748] [in part, figured by Gualtieri, 1742, pl. 50, fig. D, only. Rondelet, 1555, p. 81 (= Charonia lampas) was designated lectotype by Beu 1970, p. 211; Hanley 1855: 286 (in part)].
• Bursa gigantea Smith, E.A. 1914. Note on Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta (Bolton) = Triton lampas (Lamarck et auct.). Journal of Conchology 14: 226-231, pl. 4 [230, pl. 4, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1914.6.29.1.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tutufa (Tutufa) bubo (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [228, pl. 43, fig. 16]
• Tutufa bubo (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Oyama, K. & Takemura, Y. 1963. The Molluscan Shells. Tokyo : Resources Exploitation Institute Vol. 6 30 unnumbered pls.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [115, pl. 16, fig. 6] (as B. rubeta gigantea)

Beu, A.G. 1981. Australian gastropods of the family Bursidae. Part 1. The families of Tonnacea, the genera of Bursidae, and revision of species previously assigned to Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. Records of the Australian Museum 5 33: 248-324, figs 1-22 [277, figs 2d, 4a, 11b, 12f, 13, 14a, c-d]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [72, fig. 3A]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. The Bursidae, Cymatiidae and Colubrariidae of Fiji. Veliger 9(3): 310-329 [311, pl. 42, fig. 1]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [307]

Hedley, C. 1922. How savages use the sea shells. Australian Museum Magazine. 163-167 pp. [165, text fig.]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [14, fig. 3]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [78, fig. 159] (as B. rubeta gigantea)

Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [137] (as B. (Bufonaria) lampas)

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [69, pl. 7, fig. 20] (as B. rubeta gigantea)

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [307, fig. 178]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [84, fig. 273]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [228, pl. 43, fig. 16]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [115, pl. 16, fig. 6] (for Bursa rubeta subspecies gigantea) (Gigantic Frog Shell)

Hedley, C. 1922. How savages use the sea shells. Australian Museum Magazine. 163-167 pp. [165, text fig.] (Giant Frog Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	09-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED