Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ampullina (Ampullospira)

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy
Ampullospira was named by Harris (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Ampullina (Ampullospira) by Pannekoek (1936).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Hanna (1927); to Ampullina by Pannekoek (1936); to Ampullospirinae by Marincovich (1977); to Naticidae by Kabat (1991); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Ampullospira bulbiformis, Ampullospira clementina, Ampullospira dubia, Ampullospira ervyna, Ampullospira susanaensis, Ampullospira whitei
Species lacking formal opinion data
Ampullina abeihensis, Ampullina abeihensis, Ampullina alabamiensis, Ampullina arntzenii, Ampullina australis, Ampullina barytata, Ampullina berauensis, Ampullina bulbiformis, Ampullina bulbiformis, Ampullina chenayensis, Ampullina chira, Ampullina clementina, Ampullina coxi, Ampullina crassitina, Ampullina cylindrica, Ampullina dido, Ampullina dumblei, Ampullina dupinii, Ampullina dupinii, Ampullina ervyna, Ampullina ervyna, Ampullina favorina, Ampullina flintensis, Ampullina gasullae, Ampullina gaultina, Ampullina georgeana, Ampullina haemisphaerica, Ampullina hantkeni, Ampullina hybrida, Ampullina krumbecki, Ampullina laevigata, Ampullina merciniensis, Ampullina mississippiensis, Ampullina mulitta, Ampullina multistriata, Ampullina oregonensis, Ampullina paludinaris, Ampullina paludinaris, Ampullina parisiensis, Ampullina parisiensis, Ampullina patula, Ampullina ponderosa, Ampullina potens, Ampullina quaasi, Ampullina quaasi, Ampullina quitrinensis, Ampullina royeri, Ampullina sanctaecrucis, Ampullina sanctaecrucis, Ampullina semitalis, Ampullina similis, Ampullina solida, Ampullina streptostoma, Ampullina subhybridica, Ampullina supracretacea, Ampullina suprajurensis, Ampullina suturata, Ampullina tyrolensis, Ampullina umbilica, Ampullina vautrini, Ampullina veriotina, Ampullina vespa, Ampullina vulcani, Ampullospira austriaca, Ampullospira besairiei, Ampullospira boettgeri, Ampullospira canaliculata, Ampullospira clio, Ampullospira cossmani, Ampullospira coxi, Ampullospira dejanira, Ampullospira hantkeni, Ampullospira levesquei, Ampullospira lorierei, Ampullospira macra, Ampullospira naticiformis, Ampullospira pelops, Ampullospira quennelli, Ampullospira stricklandi, Ampullospira tulbaica, Ampullospira zetes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Ampullospira Harris
1927Ampulospira Hanna p. 306
1936Ampullina (Ampullospira) Pannekoek p. 58 figs. pl. 3, figs. 38-39
1977Ampullospira Marincovich p. 231
1991Ampullospira Kabat p. 427
2002Ampullospira Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyAmpullinoideaCossmann 1918
familyAmpullinidaeCossmann 1918
genusAmpullinaFérussac 1822
subgenusAmpullospira(Harris 1897)

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. †Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897
show all | hide all
†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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height118.3

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 Carnian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 237.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Switzerland Ampullina paludinaris, Ampullina sanctaecrucis, Ampullina tyrolensis (69249)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Ampullospira hantkeni (70988 70990 70994) Ampullospira macra (73279) Ampullospira sp. (70995)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Ampullospira sp. (212066 212193 212197 212199 212208 212212 212214 212216)
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 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 Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Ampullospira pelops (25773) Ampullospira sp. (51613)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain Ampullospira pelops (25782 25784 25879 25883 25885 25886)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Ampullospira naticiformis (159427)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Tanzania Ampullospira besairiei (36328 36336)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Ampullospira sp. (48078)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian170.9 - 154.8Romania (Brasov) Ampullospira lorierei (81442)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Ampullospira sp. (45394 48307)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India Ampullospira sp. (67666)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Ampullospira sp. (47890 48604)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Ampullospira sp. (2562 2563 2566 2567 2587 2589 2591 2600 2603 2604 2605 2607 2608 2610)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Ampullospira canaliculata (68089) Ampullospira coxi (67584) Ampullospira sp. (67400 67558 67568 67579 68500)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tanzania Ampullospira quennelli (36344 36348 36349)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Ampullospira stricklandi (100389 100390) Ampullospira zetes (100404)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Ampullospira coxi (63063)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Ampullospira lorierei (61667 68598 68601) Ampullospira sp. (67550 68491 68497)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Ampullospira sp. (34544)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Tunisia Ampullospira zetes, Ampullospira clio (99125)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2China (Qinghai) Ampullospira sp. (68579)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Ampullospira coxi (63535)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Ampullospira sp. (45562 45818)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Kenya Ampullospira dejanira (36493 36494)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ampullospira sp. (67904)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France Ampullospira sp. (101050)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Tanzania Ampullospira quennelli (36436)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Ampullospira sp. (67958 67959)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania Ampullospira sp. (36279)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine Ampullospira cossmani (183168)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Angola Natica bulbiformis (210857)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Natica clementina (2167)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Brazil (Sergipe) Ampullospira whitei (87866)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Ampullospira clementina, Ampullospira ervyna (171310)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Ampullospira bulbiformis (83019)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Natica bulbiformi (242146)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Ampullospira tulbaica (3797)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Ampullospira bulbiformis (83021 83025)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Ampullospira bulbiformis (140889)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Ampullospira bulbiformis (177976)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Ampullospira sp. (7627)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran Natica bulbiformis (87113)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Ampullospira austriaca (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Ampullospira dubia (240149)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina Ampullospira dubia (99258)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Ampullospira susanaensis (239721)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Ampullospira levesquei, Ampullospira sp. (27019)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Ampullospira sp. (46999)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Indonesia (Central Java) Ampullospira boettgeri (179074 179075)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Ampullospira boettgeri (79524) Ampulospira boettgeri (70082)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Ampullospira sp. (71160)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica Ampullospira levesquei (60955)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9India Ampullospira sp. (44095)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Ampullospira sp. (78953)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Ampulospira martini (70081)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Ampullospira sp. (173685)