Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Alternative combination: Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) spenceri
Synonyms: Ampullina santiagana Hodson 1927, Natica (Ampullina) collazoensis Hubbard 1920
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156
Belongs to Ampullinopsis according to W. P. Woodring 1959
See also Olsson and Richards 1961 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) amphora, Ampullinopsis birmanica, Ampullinopsis crassatina, Ampullinopsis spencer, Globularia (Ampullinopsis) altivapincana
Type specimens:
- Ampullinopsis spenceri: Its type locality is Mirador Conglomerates near Tamarindo, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Mirador Formation of Peru
- Ampullina santiagana:
- Natica (Ampullina) collazoensis:
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (1 collection), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Panama (3), Peru (3), Puerto Rico (1)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.