''Trochus fultoni'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.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 ''Trochus fultoni'' Melvill, 1898, which is currently in use for a species from the

Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

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

and off Kuwait (intertidal zone of Ras Al-Zour).

References

* Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) ''Seashells of eastern Arabia''. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q14507989 fultoni Gastropods described in 1898