Ampullina Bowdich, 1822
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2011n2a7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/147BFA4C-FFDC-8D3A-3C95-FE73FBADFC9E |
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Marcus |
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Genus Ampullina Bowdich, 1822 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Ampullaria depressa Lamarck, 1804 . Middle Eocene: Paris Basin.
The genus Ampullina was described from Jurassic (?Lias)-Miocene deposits from Europe,Africa, Middle East, Japan, India, New Zealand, Sunda Islands, North, Middle and South America (see e.g., Wenz 1938). Ampullina has a medium to large sized, thick, rather globose shell with relatively elevated spire, stepped whorls with spiral rows of fine pits. It is characterized by a half-moon-shaped aperture, small umbilicus limited by a sheet, thick columellar callus.
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