Giant frogsnail

About this species

Tutufa (Tutufa) bubo, common name the "giant frog snail" or "giant frog shell", is a species of extremely large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 8 records
February: 9 records
March: 7 records
April: 2 records
May: 7 records
June: 1 records
July: 11 records
August: 3 records
September: 4 records
October: 3 records
November: 6 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–60 m · Deepest record: 60 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 20 records
28–30 °C: 31 records

Photos

(c) Invertzoo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) JH, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Giant frogsnail, giant frogsnail

Names in 2 more languages

German: Riesenfroschschnecke
Japanese: シロナルトボラ

Other scientific names: Bursa bubo, Tutufa (Tutufa) bubo

Similar species

Tutufa bufo
Red-mouthed frogsnail
Tutufa rubeta
Common frogsnail
Bufonaria rana
Granular Frog Shell
Dulcerana granularis
Korrigania quirihorai
Frilled frogsnail
Bufonaria crumena

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
152 open-data records from 1758 to 2009.
Species data updated October 31, 2026.