Trochus fultoni
| Trochus fultoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Trochus |
| Species: | T. fultoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochus fultoni Melvill, 1898 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trochus fultoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Trochus fultoni Melvill, 1898, which is currently in use for a species from the Gulf of Oman is a junior homonym of Trochus fultoni G.B. Sowerby III, 1890 (which has become a synonym of Cantharidus fultoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890), described from South Africa.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and off Kuwait (intertidal zone of Ras Al-Zour).
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Trochus fultoni Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723682 on 2014-06-15
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
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