Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | ||
Similar Trochus camelophorus, Trochus squarrosus, Coelotrochus viridis | ||
Trochus fultoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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
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