Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Alternative spellings: Pseudamaura, Pseudomaura
Parent taxon: Ampullina according to H. L. Abbass 1967
See also Klein 1986, Kosnik 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullina), Ampullina (Ampullospira), Ampullina (Crommium), Ampullina (Megatylotus), Ampullina aethiopica, Ampullina anguillana, Ampullina austriaca, Ampullina avellana, Ampullina bravoensis, Ampullina brevispira, Ampullina butleri, Ampullina concipio, Ampullina curta, Ampullina effusa, Ampullina eocenica, Ampullina gabonensis, Ampullina haunsbergensis, Ampullina lorierei, Ampullina mona, Ampullina ortoni, Ampullina oviformis, Ampullina packardi, Ampullina paracasina, Ampullina paytensis, Ampullina perusta, Ampullina pseudoalveata, Ampullina sireli, Ampullina solidula, Ampullina stantoni, Ampullina striata, Ampullina subhumerosa, Ampullina tapina, Ampullina vapincana, Ampullina vastanensis, Ampullina vaughani, Ampullina vulcani, Ampullina woodsi, Natica (Ampullina) gabbi, Polinices (Ampullina) sookensis, Globularia (Ampulella) nana, Ampullella nuttalli, Globularia (Ampullella) umbilica, Ampullella woodringi, Ampullella adurni, Ampullella hewitti, Ampullella cedroensis
Subtaxa: Ampullina (Pseudamaura) sabrii Pseudamaura lepta Pseudamaura lirata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Indonesia (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (9), United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Austria (2), Brazil (2), Egypt (2), France (1), Gabon (5), Mexico (1), United States (31: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (6)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Italy (11)
Total: 75 collections including 79 occurrences