Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Alternative combination: Natica gabonensis
Full reference: S. Meunier. 1888. Contribution à la géologie de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Troisième Série 16:61-63
Belongs to Ampullina according to S. Freneix et al. 1959
See also Meunier 1888
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 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 hewitti, Ampullella cedroensis, Globularia (Ampullella) umbilica, Ampullella adurni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Libreville area, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in Gabon
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Libreville area
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