Ampullina brevispira Leymerie 1846 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae

Alternative combination: Natica brevispira

Full reference: A. Leymerie. 1846. Description géologique et paleontologique des Pyrénées de la Haute-Garonne. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de Franc 2(1):337-373

Belongs to Ampullina according to P. E. Vinassa de Regny 1896

See also Leymerie 1846

Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullina), Ampullina (Ampullospira), Ampullina (Crommium), Ampullina (Megatylotus), Ampullina (Pseudamaura), Ampullina aethiopica, Ampullina anguillana, Ampullina austriaca, Ampullina avellana, Ampullina bravoensis, 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, Ampullella hewitti

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

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

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