Trochus fultoni

Trochus fultoni
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]
  • Cantharidus fultoni (Melvill, 1898)
  • Trochus (Infundibulops) fultoni Melvill, 1898

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. 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

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