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Natica (Ampullaria)

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Ampullaria was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was reranked as Natica (Ampullaria) by Munster (1841).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Lamarck (1799); and to Natica by Munster (1841).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Ampullaria assermoensis, Ampullaria gracilis, Ampullaria nipponica, Ampullaria obliqua, Ampullaria planulata, Ampullaria wernei, Natica abducta, Natica achatensis, Natica acuticaliosa, Natica acuticallosa, Natica adducta, Natica alderi, Natica allani, Natica alticallosa, Natica ambulacrum, Natica ambulacrum, Natica ambulacrum, Natica amekiensis, Natica antoni, Natica aperta, Natica arachnoidea, Natica areolata, Natica arntzenii, Natica aurita, Natica bazarkoiensis, Natica bolbus, Natica borelloi, Natica brevisulcata, Natica brevisulcata, Natica broderipana, Natica bulimoides, Natica burdigalensis, Natica burtoni, Natica butoni, Natica caillati, Natica canovae, Natica carmenensis, Natica cartieri, Natica caseyi, Natica caseyi, Natica cenrena, Natica cepacaea, Natica clarkeana, Natica cochlearia, Natica collaria, Natica columnaris, Natica conradi, Natica coquandi, Natica cornuammonis, Natica cornueliana, Natica crassa, Natica crassiuscula, Natica depressa, Natica deshayesi, Natica detracta, Natica detritta, Natica dombeyi, Natica dumblei, Natica dundriensis, Natica dupinii, Natica elegans, Natica ella, Natica epiglottinoides, Natica eroyna, Natica etalloni, Natica ettalloni, Natica euzona, Natica exalta, Natica exaltata, Natica exvarians, Natica favrina, Natica flammulata, Natica forskali, Natica fusca, Natica gaultina, Natica gedinganensis, Natica gendinganensis, Natica genuana, Natica gigas, Natica gilberti, Natica girardoti, Natica globulella, Natica hamitonensis, Natica helvetica, Natica humilis, Natica hypoglypha, Natica incerta, Natica inespectans, Natica isabellean, Natica koeneni, Natica laebigata, Natica laevigata, Natica lassali, Natica levianthan, Natica leviathan, Natica lineolata, Natica lurida, Natica macilenta, Natica magnoumbilicata, Natica mammilla, Natica marcohiensis, Natica mastoidea, Natica mediavia, Natica melanostoma, Natica mexilhoeirensis, Natica microglossa, Natica miliola, Natica milleounctata, Natica millepunctata, Natica millepunctata, Natica millepunctata, Natica mino, Natica moffetti, Natica moffitti, Natica moffitti, Natica moffitti, Natica moorei, Natica moorei, Natica multipunctata, Natica multipunctata, Natica nanum, Natica nipponensis, Natica noae, Natica noae, Natica obliqua, Natica olympidii, Natica onusta, Natica oppeli, Natica oppelii, Natica oregonensis, Natica orientalis, Natica othella, Natica otitis, Natica parvuloides, Natica pastorei, Natica patula, Natica pellis, Natica pellistigrina, Natica penita, Natica pennunda, Natica perspecta, Natica pidanceti, Natica platabasis, Natica platabasis, Natica plicata, Natica poliana, Natica ponsonbyi, Natica praelonga, Natica precanrena, Natica prietoi, Natica prosthenoglossa, Natica pseudo-leviathan, Natica pseudoepigliottina, Natica pseudoepiglottina, Natica psila, Natica punctata, Natica pusila, Natica queketti, Natica reversa, Natica reversa, Natica rivulana, Natica rizzae, Natica rufa, Natica rugosa, Natica saffordi, Natica saffordia, Natica saldontiana, Natica saucatsensis, Natica sautieri, Natica saxca, Natica scethra, Natica seguinensis, Natica semen, Natica servorum, Natica sharpei, Natica sondeiana, Natica sordida, Natica specialis, Natica specialis, Natica stellatus, Natica stenopa, Natica stenopa, Natica striaticostata, Natica strongyla, Natica subepiglottina, Natica sueuri, Natica sueurii, Natica sulcata, Natica sulcata, Natica sultani, Natica sultani, Natica suprajurensis, Natica taurina, Natica tecta, Natica thomsonae, Natica tortilis, Natica tridentina, Natica turbinata, Natica turbinata, Natica undata, Natica valdensis, Natica venusta, Natica verbeeki, Natica vererugosum, Natica violacea, Natica vitellus, Natica vitellus, Natica vitellus, Natica vittata, Natica wateleti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Ampullaria Lamarck
1841Natica (Ampullaria) Munster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyNaticinaeGuilding 1834
genusNaticaScopoli 1777
subgenusAmpullaria(Lamarck 1799)

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. Natica (Ampullaria) Lamarck 1799
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Ampullaria acuminata Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria acuta Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria conica Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria crassatina Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria depressa Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria excavata Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria guaduasensis Anderson 1928
Ampullaria hybrida Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria oceani Münster 1840
Ampullaria patula Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria ponti Goldfuss 1844
Ampullaria powelli Walcott 1883
Ampullaria sigaretina Lamarck 1804
Ampullaria tuberacola Anderson 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 00:46:11
Modified: 2018-03-24 11:26:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Angulata to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 201.40000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Ampullaria planulata, Ampullaria obliqua, Ampullaria gracilis (53947)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Saudi Arabia Ampullaria sp. (45188)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Ampullaria sp. (45265 45301)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Ampullaria sp. (48405)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Ampullaria sp. (47902 47912 47915)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Ampullaria sp. (46047 46064)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Japan Ampullaria nipponica (116160 116161)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Algeria Ampullaria assermoensis (71984)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Colombia Ampullaria guaduasensis (88281)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Ampullaria acuta (184112) Ampullaria crassatina (184143) Ampullaria sigaretina, Ampullaria acuta, Ampullaria depressa, Ampullaria canaliculata, Ampullaria patula (184107) Ampullaria sigaretina, Ampullaria excavata, Ampullaria acuminata, Ampullaria depressa, Ampullaria canaliculata, Ampullaria patula (184110) Ampullina sigaretina (171535) Globularia sigaretina (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Globularia sigaretina (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Globularia sigaretina (178083 178119)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Ampullina sigaretina (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Ampullaria sp. (39892) Globularia sigaretina (42644)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Île-de-France) Globularia sigaretina (179130)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Ampullaria conica (184141) Ampullaria hybrida (184139)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Ampullina sigaretina (124308)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ampullaria acuta, Ampullaria patula (39695)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria Globularia sigaretina (103867)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Natica sigaretina (10703)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Sliven) Globularia sigaretina (102363)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Globularia sigaretina (102230)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Khaskovo) Globularia sigaretina (170995)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Ampullaria wernei (22236)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Ampullaria tuberacola (88298)