Biology:Ampullina

Ampullina; Temporal range: Middle Triassic-Early Pliocene, Anisian–Zanclean PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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
Type species
	Natica depressa Lamarck, 1844;
Synonyms
	Natica (Ampullina) (alternative spelling); Ampullella Cox 1931; Globularia (Ampulella) Cox 1931;

Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

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.

Species

↑ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475

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Ampullina Temporal range: Middle Triassic-Early Pliocene, Anisian–Zanclean PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

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
Type species
Natica depressa Lamarck, 1844
Synonyms
Natica (Ampullina) (alternative spelling) Ampullella Cox 1931 Globularia (Ampulella) Cox 1931