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species

Boreocingula globulus (H.P.C. Møller, 1842)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Rissoidae »  genus Boreocingula

Scientific synonyms

Alvania globula Möller, 1842

Images

Boreocingula globulus

Author: Warén, A.

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Interchangeable taxa

The species is not known from Iceland or eastern Greenland. It has a smaller, evenly rounded aperture, compared with Elachisina globuloides. It can also be confused with Obtusella tumidula, but that species has a spirally striated protoconch of almost 1.5 whorls and the surface of the teleoconch is indistinctly spirally striated.
Warén, A. 1996 - New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3.

Distribution

With certainly known only from southwestern Greenland, in 10-450 m
Warén, A. 1996 - New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Boreocingula globulus Møller, 1842]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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