Red-mouthed frogsnail
Tutufa rubeta
- Usual depth1–95 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Tutufa rubeta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Tutufa rubeta”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–95 m · Deepest record: 130 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Red-mouthed frogsnail, Ruddy frogsnail, red-mouthed frogsnail, ruddy frogsnail
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Rotmund-Froschschnecke
- Japanese
- シワクチナルトボラ
Other scientific names: Biplex tuberculus, Bursa (Tutufa) rubeta, Bursa rubeta, Lampas caledonensis, Lampas hians, Tritonium tuberosum, Tutufa (Tutufella) rubeta
Similar species
- Giant frogsnail
Tutufa bubo
Common frogsnailBufonaria rana
Granular Frog ShellDulcerana granularis
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).
- 274 open-data records from 1758 to 2014.
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