Tegula globulus
Tegula globulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]
| Tegula globulus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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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
- Carpenter P. (1857), Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the West Coast of North America; London, 1857
- 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
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula (Agathistoma) globulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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