Ampullina
| Ampullina | |
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| Shell of Ampullina sp. - Oligocene from Savona (Italy) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Campaniloidea |
| Family: | Ampullinidae |
| Genus: | Ampullina |
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Ampullina is an extinct taxonomic genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda. These sea snails were epifaunal grazers. They lived from the Jurassic period to the Upper Miocene age.
Species
- Ampullina aethiopica Jaboli 1959
- Ampullina anguillana Cooke 1919
- Ampullina bravoensis Olsson 1931
- Ampullina butleri McNamara and Kendrick 1994
- Ampullina effusa Tate 1893
- Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870
- Ampullina packardi Popenoe 1937
- Ampullina paracasina Rivera 1957
- Ampullina solidula Dall 1892
- Ampullina subhumerosa White 1887
- Ampullina vaughani Cooke 1928
- Ampullina woodsi Hanna and Israelsky 1925
- Natica (Ampullina) gabbi Clark 1917
See also
List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record
References
- Ampullina in the Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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