Tegula globulus

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

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is common under or on rocks at high-tide level off Southern California, USA 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.
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