Tuba (gastropod)

Tuba
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Gegania Jeffreys, 1884 junior subjective synonym
  • Gegania (Tubena) Marwick, 1943 junior subjective synonym
  • † Kaitangata H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 junior subjective synonym
  • Mathilda (Gegania) Jeffreys, 1884 junior subjective synonym
  • † Mathildella Krjachkova, 1969 junior objective synonym
  • Tubena Marwick, 1943 junior subjective synonym

Tuba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mathildidae.[1]

Species

  • † 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  • Tuba (Mathilda) O. Semper, 1865: synonym of Mathilda O. Semper, 1865 (superseded rank)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

  1. 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.
  • 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.
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