WoRMS taxon details
Barycypraea fultoni fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
573894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573894)
accepted
Subspecies
Afrozoila fultoni fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 218, pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
page(s): 218, pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Barycypraea fultoni fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573894 on 2024-11-21
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(of Cypraea fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 218, pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
basis of record Liltved W.R. (1989) <i>Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna</i>. Seacomber Publications. 208 pp.
page(s): 87 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 318. [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 218, pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
basis of record Liltved W.R. (1989) <i>Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna</i>. Seacomber Publications. 208 pp.
page(s): 87 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 318. [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]
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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]