WoRMS taxon details
Barycypraea fultoni fultoni (Sowerby III, 1903)
AphiaID: 573894
AphiaID: 573894
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Barycypraea (Genus) > Barycypraea fultoni (Species) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||
| Parent | Barycypraea fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Liltved W.R. (1989) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 208 pp. page(s): 87 [details] additional source: Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1-584 page(s): 36 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||
| Note |
Additional information: This is a rare species that until 1987 was only known ex-piscibus, until two specimens were trawled by a Russian fishing vessel in Mozambique. More recently, live specimens have been dredged off South Africa. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573894 | |||||||
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| Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Barycypraea fultoni fultoni (Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573894 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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