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Ampullella hewitti

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy
Ampullella hewitti was named by Hanna and Hertlein (1949) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10090]. Its type specimen is CAS 9430, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 32388A, Carneros Creek, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.

It was recombined as Euspirocrommium hewitti by Marincovich (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Ampullella hewitti Hanna and Hertlein pp. 393 - 294 figs. Plate 77, figures 1 and 3; text figure 2
1977Euspirocrommium hewitti Marincovich p. 237 figs. PI. 20, figs. 1-3

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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
genusAmpullellaFĂ©russac 1822
specieshewitti

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.

Ampullella hewitti Hanna and Hertlein 1949
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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: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Ampullella hewitti (type locality: 208694)