Ambercyclus Ferrari et al. 2014 (snail)

Gastropoda - Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae

Full reference: S. M. Ferrari, A. Kaim, and S. E. Damborenea. 2014. The genera Calliotropis Seguenza and Ambercyclus n. gen. (Vetigastropoda, Eucyclidae) from the Early Jurassic of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 88:1174-1188

Parent taxon: Eucyclidae according to S. M. Ferrari et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Amberleya, Calliotropinae, Calliotropis, Eucycloidea, Eucyclomphalus, Eucycloscala, Eucycloscalinae, Eucyclus, Gerasimovcyclus, Mistelgauia, Neoeunema, Trochonodus, Trypanotrochus, Planolateralus, Cidarina, Bathybembix, Calliomphalus, Ilerdus, Euchelus, Perrinia, Solaricida, Mirachelus, Lischkeia, Danilia, Turcica, Paleunema, Onkospira

Subtaxa: Ambercyclus armigerus Ambercyclus bisertus Ambercyclus capitaneus Ambercyclus decoratus Ambercyclus dilleri Ambercyclus elegans Ambercyclus espinosus Ambercyclus gaudrianus Ambercyclus generalis Ambercyclus goniatus Ambercyclus isabelensis Ambercyclus monoliferus Ambercyclus morganensis Ambercyclus murchisoni Ambercyclus obornensis Ambercyclus orbignyanus Ambercyclus ornatus Ambercyclus pagodiformis

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Type: Amberleya orbignyana

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)

• Jurassic of Argentina (7), France (1), Germany (4), Greenland (1), Hungary (3), Italy (2), Morocco (1), United States (3: California)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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