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Amauropsis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Amauropsis was named by Mörch (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 1061]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Natica (Amauropsis) by Penecke (1896); it was reranked as Ampullina (Amauropsis) by Dall (1909); it was reranked as Bulbus (Amauropsis) by Pan (1977).

It was assigned to Natica by Penecke (1896); to Ampullina by Dall (1909); to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Bulbus by Pan (1977); to Globulariinae by Kase (1984); to Naticidae by Packard (1922), Durham (1944), Zinsmeister (1983), Squires and Demetrion (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Polinicinae by Stilwell et al. (2004); and to Ampullospirinae by Marincovich (1977), Pastorino (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Amauropsis Mörch p. 81
1896Natica (Amauropsis) Penecke p. 44
1909Ampullina (Amauropsis) Dall p. 91
1922Amauropsis Packard p. 429
1925Amauropsis Mansfield p. 58
1944Amauropsis Durham p. 160
1977Amauropsis Marincovich p. 216
1977Bulbus (Amauropsis) Pan p. 135
1983Amauropsis Zinsmeister p. 1292
1984Amauropsis Kase p. 154
1992Amauropsis Squires and Demetrion p. 31
2002Amauropsis Sepkoski
2004Amauropsis Stilwell et al. p. 33
2005Amauropsis Pastorino p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusAmauropsisMörch 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Amauropsis Mörch 1857
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Amauropsis amoena Böhm 1891
Amauropsis anderrsoni Strebel 1906
Amauropsis andersoni Dickerson 1914
Amauropsis aureolutea Strebel 1908
Amauropsis caloramans Maury 1912
Amauropsis fetteri Marincovich, Jr. 1993
Amauropsis hantkeni Kittl 1900
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Invalid names: Natica helicoides Johnston 1835 [synonym]
Amauropsis jacksonensis Harris 1896
Amauropsis macra Böhm 1895
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Amauropsis meierensis Zinsmeister 1983
Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell et al. 2004
Amauropsis paludinaeformis Hall and Meek 1856
Amauropsis papodensis Kittl 1900
Amauropsis smithiana Maury 1912
Amauropsis subhybrida d'Orbigny 1849
Amauropsis trinitatensis Mansfield 1925
Amauropsis tyrolensis Laube 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.48.6016.611.63.28

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 241.46400 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy A. macra (138255)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Ptychostoma sanctaecrucis (207502 207503)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy A. dolasillae (66197 66198) A. sanctaecrucis (144930) A. subhybrida (144631)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) A. sp. (205157)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Hungary A. crassitesta (203623) A. hantkeni (203624 203625)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Hungary (Bakony) A. papodensis (203274)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Nebraska) Natica paludinaeformis (235728)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Chile (Coquimbo) A. sp. (222008)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Germany A. sp. (67184)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan A. importuna (91260 91263 91285 91286 91287 91288 91293 91296 91301)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Natica japonica (1890)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) A. bulbiformis (88630)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Madagascar A. clementina (98219)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) A. cadwaladeri (6649)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Natica paludinaeformis (235524)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany A. amoena (221859)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. sp. (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany A. amoena (213668)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. sp. (205529)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alaska) A. fetteri (64414)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Mexico A. martinezensis (47948)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) A. martinezensis (193035)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) A. sp. (43761 43762)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) A. martinezensis (190769 190781 190784 190785 190787 190795 190800)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Amaurellina martinezensis (90071 205398) A. martinezensis (184016 205393 218672 239601)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Russian Federation A. fetteri (162251)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (California) A. martinezensis (239680 239685)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07USA (California) A. martinezensis (239602 239681)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) A. martinezensis (166042 166096 238832 238834 238836 239605 239704 239715) A. meierensis (205394) A. n sp (238828) A. n sp, A. martinezensis (238831 238842) Euspirocrommium martinezensis (52610 52611 52618)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago A. caloramans (80170)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) A. martinezensis (176456)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07USA (California) A. martinezensis (237469)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Ampullina andersoni (238131) Euspirocrommium martinezensis (52614)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) A. sp. (5496)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Haiti A. sp. (60576)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) A. sp. (194188)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) A. sp. (43758)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Crommium jacksonense (90704)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) A. sp. (52817)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago A. smithiana (80172)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Georgia) A. ocalana (60831 60835 60837)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Antarctica A. sp. (181568)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago A. trinitatensis (74924)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Pará) A. nativitatis (112577)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) A. nativitatis (60979 65162 112590)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) A. nativitatis (58454)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Natica japonica (84761)