Barycypraea fultoni

Barycypraea fultoni
Apertural views of shells of Barycypraea fultoni (left) and Bernaya teulerei (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Gisortiinae
Genus: Barycypraea
Species: B. fultoni
Binomial name
Barycypraea fultoni
(Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bernaya fultoni (Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Cypraea fultoni Sowerby III, 1903

Barycypraea fultoni is a species of cowry found in the Indian Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, primarily off the coast of Mozambique.[1]

Subspecies and formae

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the coasts of East Africa and South Africa.

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