Ampullaria ponti Goldfuss 1844 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1844. Divisio quinta. Molluscorum gasteropodum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 3(5):1-120

Belongs to Ampullaria according to G. F. Whidborne 1891

See also Goldfuss 1844

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

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ampullaria ponti in the database

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