Globularia (gastropod)

Globularia is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ampullinidae.

Globularia
Fossil shell of Globularia gibberosa
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Globularia

Swainson 1840

Species

Species within the genus Globularia include:[1]

  • Globularia brevispira Cox 1930
  • Globularia carlei Finlay 1927
  • Globularia catanlilensis Weaver 1931
  • Globularia compressa Basterot 1825
  • Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939
  • Globularia fischeri Dall 1892
  • Globularia formosa Morris and Lycett 1851
  • Globularia gibberosa Grateloup 1847
  • Globularia grossa Deshayes 1864
  • Globularia hatimi Abbass 1972
  • Globularia hemisphaerica Roemer 1836
  • Globularia morrisi Cox and Arkell 1949
  • Globularia sanctistephani Cossmann and Peyrot 1919
  • Globularia sireli Okan and Hosgor 2008
  • Globularia sulcata Cox 1930
  • Globularia vapincana d'Orbigny 1850
  • Globularia vredenburgi Cox 1927
  • Globularia zemmourensis Cox 1969

Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from Jurassic to Miocene (age range: 189.6 to 5.332 million years ago).[1]

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See also

List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record

References


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