Ampullina vastanensis Banerjee and Halder 2024 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae

Full reference: S. Banerjee and K. Halder. 2024. A new caenogastropod assemblage from the early Eocene of the Cambay Basin, western India, and its palaeoenvironmental implications. Papers in Palaeontology 10(5)

Belongs to Ampullina according to S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024

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 vaughani, Ampullina vulcani, Ampullina woodsi, Natica (Ampullina) gabbi, Polinices (Ampullina) sookensis, Globularia (Ampulella) nana, Ampullella woodringi, Ampullella nuttalli, Ampullella cedroensis, Ampullella adurni, Ampullella hewitti

Type specimen: PG/CG/Cp7, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at MLS5 Cambay Shale Mangrol Mine (Eocene of India)

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