Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative spellings: Ampullina (Amauropsis), Bulbus (Amauropsis), Natica (Amauropsis)
Parent taxon: Ampullospirinae according to G. Pastorino 2005
See also Durham 1944, Harzhauser 2004, Hendy 2020, Kase 1984, Mansfield 1925, Marincovich 1977, Packard 1922, Pan 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Stilwell et al. 2004 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Crommium, Gyrodes, Lacunaria, Tejonia
Subtaxa: Amauropsis amoena Amauropsis anderrsoni Amauropsis andersoni Amauropsis aureolutea Amauropsis caloramans Amauropsis fetteri Amauropsis hantkeni Amauropsis islandica Amauropsis jacksonensis Amauropsis macra Amauropsis martinezensis Amauropsis meierensis Amauropsis notoleptos Amauropsis paludinaeformis Amauropsis papodensis Amauropsis sanctaecrucis Amauropsis smithiana Amauropsis subhybrida Amauropsis trinitatensis Amauropsis tyrolensis Natica (Amauropsis) japonica
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (1)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Florida, Georgia)
• Eocene of Haiti (1), Mexico (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (5: California, Mississippi)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (3: California)
• Paleocene of Mexico (4), the Russian Federation (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (32: Alaska, California)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Germany (3), Japan (9), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), United States (5: Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas)
• Triassic of Hungary (4), Italy (8)
Total: 96 collections including 98 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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