Globularia (gastropod) explained

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

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

not accepted names:

• †Globularia fluctuata (Sowerby I, 1825), accepted as Cernina fluctuata (Sowerby I, 1825)^[2]

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=9901# Fossilworks
2. Web site: Cernina fluctuata (G.B.Sowerby I, 1825) . www.gbif.org . 13 October 2021 . en.