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Amauropsis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Amauropsis was named by Mörch (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 1061]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Natica (Amauropsis) by Penecke (1896); it was reranked as Ampullina (Amauropsis) by Dall (1909); it was reranked as Bulbus (Amauropsis) by Pan (1977).

It was assigned to Natica by Penecke (1896); to Ampullina by Dall (1909); to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Bulbus by Pan (1977); to Globulariinae by Kase (1984); to Naticidae by Packard (1922), Durham (1944), Zinsmeister (1983) and Squires and Demetrion (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Polinicinae by Stilwell et al. (2004); and to Ampullospirinae by Marincovich (1977) and Pastorino (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Amauropsis Mörch p. 81
1896Natica (Amauropsis) Penecke p. 44
1909Ampullina (Amauropsis) Dall p. 91
1922Amauropsis Packard p. 429
1925Amauropsis Mansfield p. 58
1944Amauropsis Durham p. 160
1977Amauropsis Marincovich p. 216
1977Bulbus (Amauropsis) Pan p. 135
1983Amauropsis Zinsmeister p. 1292
1984Amauropsis Kase p. 154
1992Amauropsis Squires and Demetrion p. 31
2002Amauropsis Sepkoski
2004Amauropsis Stilwell et al. p. 33
2005Amauropsis Pastorino p. 252

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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
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusAmauropsisMörch 1857

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. Amauropsis Mörch 1857
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Amauropsis amoena Böhm 1891
Amauropsis anderrsoni Strebel 1906
Amauropsis aureolutea Strebel 1908
Amauropsis caloramans Maury 1912
Amauropsis fetteri Marincovich, Jr. 1993
Amauropsis hantkeni Kittl 1900
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Invalid names: Natica helicoides Johnston 1835 [synonym]
Amauropsis jacksonensis Harris 1896
Amauropsis macra Böhm 1895
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Amauropsis meierensis Zinsmeister 1983
Amauropsis notoleptos Stilwell et al. 2004
Amauropsis papodensis Kittl 1900
Amauropsis smithiana Maury 1912
Amauropsis subhybrida d'Orbigny 1849
Amauropsis trinitatensis Mansfield 1925
Amauropsis tyrolensis Laube 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available