''Ampullina'' is an extinct

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genus of deep-water

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the

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Caenogastropoda Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade, a large diverse group which are mostly sea snails and other marine gastropod mollusks, but also includes some freshwater snails and some land snails. The clade is the most diverse and ecologically successfu ...

. These sea snails were epifaunal grazers. They lived from the Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age.

Species

* '' Ampullina aethiopica'' Jaboli, 1959 * '' Ampullina anguillana'' Cooke, 1919 * '' Ampullina bravoensis'' Olsson, 1931 * '' Ampullina butleri'' McNamara & Kendrick, 1994 * '' Ampullina effusa'' Tate, 1893 * † ''Ampullina? multistriata'' (Baily, 1855) Kiel S. (2003) ''New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa)''; Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475 * '' Ampullina ortoni'' Gabb, 1870 * '' Ampullina packardi'' Popenoe, 1937 * ''

Ampullina paracasina ''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 Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age. Speci ...

'' Rivera, 1957 * ''

Ampullina pichinka ''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 Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age. Speci ...

'' Cataldo & Lazo, 2016 * ''

Ampullina solidula ''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 Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age. Speci ...

'' Dall, 1892 * ''

Ampullina subhumerosa ''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 Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age. Speci ...

'' White, 1887 * ''

Ampullina vaughani ''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 Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age. Speci ...

'' Cooke, 1928 * '' Ampullina woodsi'' Hanna & Israelsky, 1925 * '' Natica (Ampullina) gabbi'' Clark, 1917

References

''Ampullina''
in the Paleobiology Database *Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database

Ampullina ''Ampullina'' is an extinct taxonomic genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade, a large diverse group which are mostly sea snails and other marine gastropod m ...

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