Tuba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mathildidae.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
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Synonyms Tuba (Mathilda) O. Semper, 1865: synonym of Mathilda O. Semper, 1865 (superseded rank) † Tuba alternata I. Lea, 1833: synonym of Tuba antiquata (Conrad, 1833) (junior subjective synonym) † Tuba cancellata (Grateloup, 1828): synonym of †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
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 Unpublished MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 238 pp.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.
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