Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Full reference: G. D. Hanna and L. G. Hertlein. 1949. Two New Species of Gastropods from the Middle Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 23(4):392-394
Belongs to Ampullella according to G. D. Hanna and L. G. Hertlein 1949
See also Marincovich 1977
Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullina), Ampullina (Ampullospira), Ampullina (Crommium), Ampullina (Megatylotus), Ampullina (Pseudamaura), 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 woodringi, Ampullella nuttalli, Ampullella cedroensis, Ampullella adurni
Type specimen: CAS 9430, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 32388A, Carneros Creek, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 32388A, Carneros Creek
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