Rapturella globulina (Forbes, 1844)
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). | ||
- 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
| 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: | |
More pictures
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Rapturella globulina" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 28/11/2015. Accessed: 04/03/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/7WpYh)
