Rapturella globulina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
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| Shell of Rapturella globulina (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Rapturella |
| Species: | R. globulina
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| Binomial name | |
| Rapturella globulina (Forbes, 1844)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 18 mm.
The white shell is globose. The spire is short. The shell contains four whorls, spirally striated, the striae are numerous and simple. The aperture is pyriform. The columella is thickened. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, the Azores and Cape Verde; in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and Greece.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS. "Rapturella globulinaÁ. Valdés, 2008". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species ser;1 vol. 15; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193
- Salvador R.B. & Cunha C.M. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the fossil genera Bulimactaeon, Hemiauricula (= Liocarenus) and Nucleopsis, with description of a new Recent genus and species (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Acteonidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82(3): 472-483
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