Microglyphis globularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ringiculidae.[1]
| Microglyphis globularis | |
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| Shell of Microglyphis globularis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Ringiculimorpha |
| Family: | Ringiculidae |
| Genus: | Microglyphis |
| Species: | M. globularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microglyphis globularis (E.A. Smith, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Admete globularis Smith, E.A., 1875 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, globular, and thin, with a snow-white coloration. It consists of four and a half whorls; the first three are small and slightly convex, separated by a lightly channeled suture, while the body whorl is large and globose. All the whorls are sculpted with very fine spiral grooves.
The aperture is somewhat large and sub-pyriform, equaling nearly two-thirds of the total length of the shell. The columella is covered by a thin, wide callus that extends above the whorl, and it is obliquely truncated toward the base. The outer lip is thin and simple.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Japan.
References
edit- ↑ Microglyphis globularis (E. A. Smith, 1875). 7 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Smith, E.A. (1875). "A list of the Gasteropoda collected in Japanese seas by Commander H. C. St. John, R. N." Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (15): 426. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp