Trochus fultoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Trochus fultoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 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 edit

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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 edit

  • "Trochus fultoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.