Ampullaria tuberacola Anderson 1929 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213

Belongs to Ampullaria according to F. M. Anderson 1929

Sister taxa: Ampullaria acuminata, Ampullaria acuta, Ampullaria canaliculata, Ampullaria conica, Ampullaria crassatina, Ampullaria depressa, Ampullaria excavata, Ampullaria guaduasensis, Ampullaria hybrida, Ampullaria oceani, Ampullaria patula, Ampullaria ponti, Ampullaria powelli, Ampullaria sigaretina, Natica (Ampullaria) sanctaecrucis

Type specimen: CAS 4655, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon R), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 267 (horizon R), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm]

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