Ampullaria crassatina Lamarck 1804 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:28-36

Belongs to Ampullaria according to J. B. Lamarck 1804

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pontchartrain (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate carbonate in France

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pontchartrain (Defrance collection)

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