Globularia (gastropod)

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

Species

Species within the genus Globularia include:

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

• †Globularia fluctuata <small>(Sowerby I, 1825)</small>, accepted as Cernina fluctuata <small>(Sowerby I, 1825)</small>

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).

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