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Ampullinopsis โœ

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Description

Ampullinopsis is an extinct taxonomic genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. These sea snails were epifaunal grazers. Sea snails of this genus lived from Paleocene epoch to Miocene epoch (age range: 48.6 to 20.43 million years ago).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4617255https://www.gbif.org/species/4617255
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)9469https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9469
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Ampullinopsis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderArchitaenioglossaHaller 1890
superfamilyAmpullinoideaCossmann 1918
familyAmpullinidaeCossmann 1918
genusAmpullinopsisConrad 1865
Scientific NameAmpullinopsis Conrad, 1865
Name Published InConrad, T.A. (1865a) Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. American Journal of Conchology, 1, 1โ€“35, two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190 of volume.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ampullinopsissubgenusbelongs to Ampullinastated without evidenceCooke, 1919
Ampullinopsisgenusbelongs to Ampullariidaestated without evidenceOlsson, 1931
Ampullinopsissubgenusbelongs to Ampullinastated without evidenceMansfield, 1940
Ampullinopsisgenusbelongs to Globulariinaestated with evidenceWoodring, 1959
Ampullinopsissubgenusbelongs to Globulariastated with evidenceKaragiuleva, 1964
Ampullinopsissubgenusbelongs to Globulariastated without evidenceIqbal, 1973
Ampullinopsissubgenusbelongs to Ampullinastated with evidenceLadd, 1977
Ampullinopsisgenusbelongs to Ampullospirinaestated with evidenceMajima, 1989
Ampullinopsisgenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Ampullinopsisgenusbelongs to Ampullinidaestated with evidenceHarzhauser, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 47.8 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ampullinoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Ampullinoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullinopsis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) amphora โœ
species
listed (PBDB)1333.9 Ma
Oligocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Ampullina birmanica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Ampullina spenceri โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1438.0 Ma
Eocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
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Ampullinopsis birmanica โœ
species
listed (PBDB)
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Ampullinopsis crassatina โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3459.2 Ma
Paleocene
28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Ampullinopsis mississippiensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Ampullinopsis spencer โœ
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Globularia (Ampullinopsis) altivapincana โœ
species
listed (PBDB)747.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Globularia altivapincana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1865Ampullinopsis Conrad p. 158
1919Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) Cooke p. 123
1931Ampullinopsis Olsson p. 72
1939Hahazimania Yabe and Hatai p. 209
1940Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) Mansfield p. 222
1959Ampullinopsis Woodring p. 158
1964Globularia (Ampullinopsis) Karagiuleva p. 185
YearName and Author
1973Globularia (Ampullinopsis) Iqbal p. 24
1977Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) Ladd p. 27
1989Ampullinopsis Majima p. 26
2002Ampullinopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Hahazimania Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Ampullinopsis Harzhauser p. 110
2009Ampullinopsis Harzhauser et al. p. 339

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63
Mansfield W. C. (1940) Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl, Journal of Paleontology 14 3, 171-226
Woodring W. P. (1959) Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 B, 147-239
Iqbal M. W. A. (1973) Biostratigraphy of the Tiyon Formation (Middle Eocene) of Sind, Pakistan, Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan 22, 1-40
Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84
Majima R. (1989) Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan, Bulletins of American Paleontology 96 331, 1-159
Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181
Harzhauser M., Euter M., et al (2009) Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83, 333-372
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Amer. J. Conch., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Conrad, T.A. (1865a) Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. American Journal of Conchology, 1, 1โ€“35, two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190 of volume. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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