Ampullina
Extinct genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Shell of Ampullina sp. - Oligocene from Savona (Italy) | |
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(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
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Genus: | †Ampullina |
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Natica depressa Lamarck, 1844 | |
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