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Tutufa

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Taxonomy
Tutufa was named by Jousseaume (1881) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7932]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Bursa (Tutufa) by MacNeil (1960) and Vokes (1973).

It was assigned to Bursa by MacNeil (1960) and Vokes (1973); and to Bursidae by Wilson (1993) and Beu (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Tutufa Jousseaume
1960Bursa (Tutufa) MacNeil p. 61
1973Bursa (Tutufa) Vokes p. 100
1993Tutufa Wilson p. 227
2005Tutufa Beu p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusTutufaJousseaume 1881

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tutufa Jousseaume 1881
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†Bursa (Tutufa) pelouatensis Cossmann and Peyrot 1903
Subg. Tutufa (Tutufa) Jousseaume 1881
Subg. Tutufa (Tutufella) Beu 1981
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Invalid names: Lampas Schumacher 1817 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Christmas Island T. granifera (209825)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Bursa pelouatensis (89574 89575 89576 92379 92544 92569)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Bursa pelouatensis (70191 74868)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) T. sp. (176546)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) T. bubo (89294)