Rapturella globulina

Rapturella globulina (Forbes, 1844)

• 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:

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Bibliography

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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.

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