Biology:Trochus fultoni

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trochus fultoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
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 † Jujubinus suarezensis fultoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890), described from South Africa .

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and off Kuwait (intertidal zone of Ras Al-Zour).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14507989 entry