Gastropoda - Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae

Alternative combinations: Natica ampliata, Naticopsis (Marmolatella) ampliata, Naticopsis ampliata, Pileopsis ampliata

Synonyms: Marmolatella spirata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Natica spirata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Nerita spirata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Platyceras spiratum de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Platyostoma spirata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1836. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the strata and organic remains; accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils 1-236

Belongs to Marmolatella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1966, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Goldfuss 1844, Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka 1973, Lamplugh et al. 1905, Lindström 1884, Phillips 1836 and Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855

Sister taxa: Marmolatella ambiguus, Marmolatella complanata, Marmolatella fenestrata, Marmolatella gigas, Marmolatella implicata, Marmolatella iordanae, Marmolatella obtusangula, Marmolatella picta, Marmolatella profunda, Marmolatella sigaretiformis, Marmolatella stomatia, Marmolatella subovata, Marmolatella telleri, Naticopsis (Marmolatella) applanata, Naticopsis (Marmolatella) imoensis, Naticopsis (Marmolatella) macgordoni, Naticopsis (Marmolatella) plana

Type specimens:

• Marmolatella ampliata: BM PG.1081, a shell
• Marmolatella spirata:

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

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