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Ampullina ortoni

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy

Ampullina ortoni was named by Gabb (1870). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. abeihensis, A. alabamiensis, A. arntzenii, A. australis, A. barytata, A. bulbiformis, A. chenayensis, A. chira, A. clementina, A. coxi, A. crassitina, A. cylindrica, A. dido, A. dumblei, A. dupinii, A. dupinii, A. ervyna, A. favorina, A. flintensis, A. gasullae, A. gaultina, A. georgeana, A. haemisphaerica, A. hybrida, A. krumbecki, A. laevigata, A. merciniensis, A. mississippiensis, A. mulitta, A. multistriata, A. oregonensis, A. paludinaris, A. parisiensis, A. parisiensis, A. patula, A. ponderosa, A. potens, A. quaasi, A. quitrinensis, A. royeri, A. sanctaecrucis, A. semitalis, A. similis, A. solida, A. streptostoma, A. subhybridica, A. supracretacea, A. suprajurensis, A. suturata, A. umbilica, A. vautrini, A. veriotina, A. vespa, A. vulcani, A. abeihensis, A. ervyna, A. quaasi, A. berauensis, A. paludinaris, A. sanctaecrucis, A. tyrolensis, A. bulbiformis, A. hantkeni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1870	Ampullina ortoni Gabb p. 25
1870	Ampullina ortoni Gavv p. 25
1928	Ampullina ortoni Olsson p. 61
2008	Ampullina ortoni Hendy et al.
2019	Ampullina ortoni Devries p. 22

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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
species	ortoni	Gabb 1870

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.

†Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Peru	Ampullina ortoni (205244)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Peru	Ampullina ortoni (93758)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Peru (Piura)	Ampullina ortoni (52525 52526)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Peru (Piura)	Ampullina ortoni (52523)