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Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) amphora

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy

Natica amphora was named by Heilprin (1887).

It was recombined as Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) amphora by Mansfield (1940).

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, Ampullinopsis citrinensis, Ampullinopsis crassatinus, Ampullinopsis flintensis, Ampullinopsis hahazimensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Natica amphora Heilprin
1940	Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) amphora Mansfield p. 222

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Architaenioglossa	(Haller 1890)
superfamily	Ampullinoidea	Cossmann 1918
family	Ampullinidae	Cossmann 1918
genus	Ampullina	Conrad 1865
subgenus	Ampullinopsis
species	amphora	(Heilprin 1887)

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 (Ampullinopsis) amphora Heilprin 1887

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Ampullina amphora (205615)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Tamaulipas)	Ampullina amphora (43085)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (Florida)	Ampullina amphora (60985 61045 61051 61070 61100 61101 61103 61107 61126)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (Georgia)	Ampullina amphora (61130)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (Florida)	Ampullina amphora (61117)