Tutufa bubo Giant Frogsnail, Giant Frog Shell

Tutufa bubo is commonly referred to as Giant Frogsnail, Giant Frog Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3129 

AphiaID:

216998 

Scientific:

Tutufa bubo 

German:

Riesenfroschschnecke 

English:

Giant Frogsnail, Giant Frog Shell 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Bursidae (Family) > Tutufa (Genus) > bubo (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Taiwan, Tansania, Tonga 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 180 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.94" - 12.99" (10cm - 33,7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Starfishs 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tutufa bubo
  Riesenfroschschnecke
• Tutufa bufo

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-25 11:20:21 

Last edit:

2024-12-10 13:45:04 

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