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Ampullina

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy
Ampullina was named by Férussac (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: J l T Mi-u-l Sepkoski's reference number: 909].

It was reranked as Natica (Ampullina) by Oppenheim (1900); it was reranked as Polinices (Ampullina) by Clark and Arnold (1923); it was synonymized subjectively with Natica by Kabat (1991).

It was assigned to Natica by Oppenheim (1900); to Polinices by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Ampullariidae by Olsson (1931); to Naticidae by Woods (1922), Hanna (1927), Nagao (1928), Turner (1938), Abbass (1967), Ladd (1977); to Globulariinae by Adegoke (1977); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ampullinidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Devries (2019).

Species
Ampullella adurni, Ampullella cedroensis, Ampullella hewitti, Ampullella nuttalli, Ampullella woodringi, A. (Ampullina), A. (Ampullospira), A. (Crommium), A. (Megatylotus), A. (Pseudamaura), A. aethiopica, A. anguillana, A. austriaca, A. avellana, A. bravoensis, A. brevispira, A. butleri, A. concipio, A. curta, A. effusa, A. eocenica, A. gabonensis, A. haunsbergensis, A. lorierei, A. mona, A. ortoni, A. oviformis, A. packardi, A. paracasina, A. paytensis, A. perusta (syn. Natica vulcani), A. pseudoalveata, A. sireli, A. solidula, A. stantoni, A. striata, A. subhumerosa, A. tapina, A. vapincana, A. vastanensis, A. vaughani, A. vulcani, A. woodsi (syn. A. gabbi), Globularia (Ampulella) nana, Globularia (Ampullella) umbilica, Natica (Ampullina) gabbi, Polinices (Ampullina) sookensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. abeihensis, A. bulbiformis, A. cylindrica, A. dumblei, A. flintensis, A. haemisphaerica, A. merciniensis, A. potens, A. quaasi, A. quaasi, A. quitrinensis, A. royeri, A. semitalis, A. suprajurensis, A. tyrolensis, A. vespa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ampullina Férussac
1900Natica (Ampullina) Oppenheim p. 3
1922Ampullina Woods p. 77
1923Polinices (Ampullina) Clark and Arnold p. 170
1927Ampulina Hanna
1928Ampullina Nagao p. 98
1931Ampullella Cox
1931Ampullina Olsson p. 71
1938Ampullina Turner p. 87
1947Ampullella Harris and Palmer p. 256
1957Globularia (Ampulella) Woodring p. 95
1967Ampullina Abbass p. 67
1976Ampullella Givens and Kennedy p. 966
1977Ampullina Adegoke p. 138
1977Ampullina Ladd p. 27
1984Globularia (Ampullella) Kase p. 152
1995Ampullina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 163
2002Ampullella Sepkoski
2002Ampullina Sepkoski
2019Ampullina Devries p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyAmpullinoideaCossmann 1918
familyAmpullinidaeCossmann 1918
genusAmpullinaFérussac 1822

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. †Ampullina Férussac 1822
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Subg. †Ampullina (Ampullina) Férussac 1822
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Subg. †Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897
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†Ampullospira bulbiformis d'Orbigny 1842
†Ampullospira clementina d'Orbigny 1842
†Ampullospira dubia Petersen 1946
†Ampullospira ervyna d'Orbigny 1842
†Ampullospira susanaensis Nelson 1925
†Ampullospira whitei Cossmann 1925
Subg. †Ampullina (Crommium) Cossmann 1888
Subg. †Ampullina (Megatylotus) Fischer 1885
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Subg. †Megatylotus (Megatylotus) Matthew and Cook 1909
Subg. †Ampullina (Pseudamaura) Fischer 1885
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†Pseudamaura lepta Sohl 1964
†Pseudamaura lirata Wade 1926
†Ampullina aethiopica Jaboli 1959
†Ampullina anguillana Cooke 1919
†Ampullina austriaca Traub 1938
†Ampullina avellana Gabb 1864
†Ampullina bravoensis Olsson 1931
†Ampullina brevispira Leymerie 1846
†Ampullina butleri McNamara and Kendrick 1994
†Ampullina concipio Dailey and Popenoe 1966
†Ampullina curta Traub 1979
†Ampullina effusa Tate 1893
†Ampullina eocenica Banerjee and Halder 2024
†Ampullina gabonensis Meunier 1888
†Ampullina lorierei d'Orbigny 1850
†Ampullina mona Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870
†Ampullina oviformis Gabb 1864
†Ampullina packardi Popenoe 1937
†Ampullina paracasina Rivera 1957
†Ampullina paytensis Woods 1922
†Ampullina perusta Defrance 1823
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Invalid names: Natica vulcani Brongniart 1909 [synonym]
†Ampullina pseudoalveata Packard 1922
†Ampullina sireli Okan and Hosgor 2008
†Ampullina solidula Dall 1892
†Ampullina stantoni Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Ampullina striata Gabb 1869
†Ampullina subhumerosa White 1887
†Ampullina tapina Vincent 1972
†Ampullina tapina kogbei Adegoke 1977
†Ampullina vapincana d'Orbigny 1850
†Ampullina vastanensis Banerjee and Halder 2024
†Ampullina vaughani Cooke 1928
†Ampullina vulcani Brongniart 1823
†Ampullina woodsi Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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Invalid names: Ampullina gabbi Woods 1922 [replaced]
†Polinices (Ampullina) sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Invalid names: Ampullella Cox 1931 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height253.571.1015.53.703.13
shell height214.611.718.315.04.68

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 Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 246.70000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (597 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) A. sp. (44358)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany A. sp. (67652)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy A. paludinaris, A. sp. (34692) A. sanctaecrucis (69675 69679 69685) A. sanctaecrucis, A. subhybridica, Pseudamaura paludinaris (69659 69669) A. sanctaecrucis, Pseudamaura paludinaris (69674 69676 69677 69678 69680) A. sp. (69666) A. sp. A, Pseudamaura paludinaris (69661) A. subhybridica (69672 69684) Pseudamaura paludinaris (69651 69668) Pseudamaura sp. (69681)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Switzerland A. paludinaris, A. sanctaecrucis, A. tyrolensis (69249)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Ampullospira hantkeni (70988 70990 70994) Ampullospira macra (73279) Ampullospira sp. (70995)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria (Kaernten) A. hantkeni (129677)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Ampullospira sp. (212066 212193 212197 212199 212208 212212 212214 212216)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Ampullospira pelops (25216 25610 25612 25620 25662 25667 25668 25669 25672 25673 25674 25675 25771 25775 25776 25777 25780 26390 26397 26401)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) Ampullospira sp. (211175 211178 211179 211198 211200 211201 211202 211204 211205 211206 211207 211210 211211 211216)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Ampullospira pelops (25773) Ampullospira sp. (51613)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Megatylotus crassatinus (101971 101972 102023 102028 102029 102079 102081)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary A. crassitina (8211)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary A. crassitina (8338)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Natica gabbi (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba A. anguillana (75315)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Ampullospira sp. (78953)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Anguilla A. anguillana (179133 179134)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia A. sp. (70086) Ampulospira martini (70081)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Western Australia) A. butleri (63288 63289 63292 63300 63315)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) A. sp., Ampullospira sp. (173685)