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Ampullina (Megatylotus)

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy

Megatylotus was named by Fischer (1885).

It was reranked as Natica (Megatylotus) by Boussac (1911); it was reranked as Ampullina (Megatylotus) by Vredenburg (1922).

It was assigned to Natica by Boussac (1911); and to Ampullina by Vredenburg (1922).

Subtaxa

Megatylotus (Megatylotus), Natica (Megatylotus) hospitalis, Natica (Megatylotus) praetoriana

Species lacking formal opinion data

Ampullina abeihensis, Ampullina bulbiformis, Ampullina cylindrica, Ampullina dumblei, Ampullina flintensis, Ampullina haemisphaerica, Ampullina merciniensis, Ampullina potens, Ampullina quaasi, Ampullina quaasi, Ampullina quitrinensis, Ampullina royeri, Ampullina semitalis, Ampullina suprajurensis, Ampullina tyrolensis, Ampullina vespa

Sister taxa

Megatylotus (Megatylotus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1911	Natica (Megatylotus) Boussac p. 329
1922	Ampullina (Megatylotus) Vredenburg p. 36

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Architaenioglossa	(Haller 1890)
superfamily	Ampullinoidea	Cossmann 1918
family	Ampullinidae	Cossmann 1918
genus	Ampullina	Férussac 1822
subgenus	Megatylotus	(Fischer 1885)

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.

Subg. †Ampullina (Megatylotus) Fischer 1885

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Subg. †Megatylotus (Megatylotus) Matthew and Cook 1909

†Natica (Megatylotus) hospitalis Oppenheim 1908

†Natica (Megatylotus) praetoriana Oppenheim 1908

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-15 09:36:57

Modified:

2009-09-15 11:36:57

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Natica praetoriana, Natica hospitalis (179747)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Spain (Baleares)	Megatylotus crassatinus (38814)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Romania	Megatylotus crassatinus (101971 101972 102023 102028 102029 102079 102081)