Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1928. Notes on Lower Tertiary deposits of Colombia and their molluscan and foraminiferal fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 17(1):1-29
Belongs to Ampullaria according to F. M. Anderson 1928
Sister taxa: Ampullaria acuminata, Ampullaria acuta, Ampullaria canaliculata, Ampullaria conica, Ampullaria crassatina, Ampullaria depressa, Ampullaria excavata, Ampullaria hybrida, Ampullaria oceani, Ampullaria patula, Ampullaria ponti, Ampullaria powelli, Ampullaria sigaretina, Ampullaria tuberacola, Natica (Ampullaria) sanctaecrucis
Type specimen: CAS 2721, a shell. Its type locality is San Juan de Rio Seco, which is in an Eocene marginal marine shale in Colombia.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at San Juan de Rio Seco
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