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| Tuba | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | "Lower Heterobranchia" |
| Superfamily: | Mathildoidea |
| Family: | Mathildidae |
| Genus: | Tuba I. Lea, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| † Tuba alternata I. Lea, 1833 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tuba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mathildidae.[1]
Species
[edit]- † Tuba antarctodema (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- † Tuba antiquata (Conrad, 1833)
- † Tuba austroconvexa (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- Tuba fuscocincta Bieler, 1995
- † Tuba hendersoni (H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
- Tuba jeffreysi (Dall, 1889)
- Tuba kiiensis (T. Nakayama, 2000)
- † Tuba kuteiana (Beets, 1942)
- † Tuba manzaneti Stephenson, 1941
- † Tuba marylandica W. B. Clark & G. C. Martin, 1901
- † Tuba mississippiensis (Dockery, 1993)
- † Tuba olsoni (P. A. Maxwell, 1969)
- † Tuba parabella Wade, 1926
- Tuba pinguis (Jeffreys, 1884)
- † Tuba rosenkrantzi (Ravn, 1933)
- † Tuba sculpta (J. De C. Sowerby, 1823)
- † Tuba sulcata (Pilkington, 1804)
- Tuba valkyrie (A. W. B. Powell, 1971)
- † Tuba vibrayeana (A. d'Orbigny, 1843)
- † Tuba viola (Marwick, 1943) †
- Synonyms
- Tuba (Mathilda) O. Semper, 1865: synonym of Mathilda O. Semper, 1865 (superseded rank)
- † Tuba alternata I. Lea, 1833: synonym of Tuba antiquata (Conrad, 1833) (junior subjective synonym)
- † Tuba cancellata (Grateloup, 1828): synonym of † Pseudotuba cancellata (Grateloup, 1828)
- † Tuba cyclostomoides (Deshayes, 1861): synonym of † Pseudotuba cyclostomoides (Deshayes, 1861)
- † Tuba elatospira Cossmann, 1907: synonym o f† Pseudotuba elatospira (Cossmann, 1907)
- † Tuba pedemontana Sacco, 1895: synonym of † Pseudotuba pedemontana (Sacco, 1895)
References
[edit]- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tuba I. Lea, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138171 on 2026-05-28
- Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
- Marwick, J. (1943). Some Tertiary Mollusca from North Otago. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 73: 181-192.
- Bieler, R. (1995). Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). In: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 595-641.
- Govoni, D. L. (1983). Gastropod Molluscs from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. Unpublished MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 238 pp. + 15 pls.
External links
[edit]- Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard. p. 127. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- Jeffreys, J.G. (1884). "On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 365. Retrieved 8 June 2026.