Rapturella globulina

Rapturella globulina (Forbes, 1844)

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Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Acteonimorpha
	Superfamily	Acteonoidea
	Family	Acteonidae
	Genus	Rapturella
	Species	Rapturella globulina (Forbes, 1844)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 880467).

Synonyms

Tornatella globulina Forbes, 1844 (original)
Liocarenus globulinus (Forbes, 1844)

Description

Biology

Etymology

Rapturella. Named after the underwater city “Rapture”, from the science-fiction video game series “BioShock”.
Globulinus. Derived from Latin “globulus”, globular, spherical, related to the shape of the shell.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Rapturella globulina
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Rapturella globulina

Catalunya: Hidalgo (1917, as Acteon). Azores: Watson (1886, as Acteon), Dautzenberg (1889, as Acteon), Nordsieck (1972), Mikkelsen (1995), Malaquias (2001).

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Rapturella globulina based on our own records.

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Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Rapturella globulina" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 28/11/2015, Accessed: 23/01/2020 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/7WpYh)

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Rapturella globulina