Tegula globulus

Tegula globulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]

Tegula globulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. globulus
Binomial name
Tegula globulus
(Carpenter, 1857) [1]
Synonyms
  • Omphalius globulus Carpenter, 1857
  • Tegula (Agathistoma) globulus (Carpenter, 1857)

Description

The size of its shell is 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is common under or on rocks at high-tide level off Southern California, United States; and Baja California, Mexico.

References
  1. Carpenter P. (1857), Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the West Coast of North America; London, 1857
  2. WoRMS (2012). Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575630 on 2012-09-01
  3. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tegula (Agathistoma) globulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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