Ampulla (gastropod)
| Ampulla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Ampulla Röding, 1798 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ampulla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Scaphellinae of the family Volutidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Ampulla include:
- Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
Synonyms
- Ampulla bombarda Röding, 1798: synonym of Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Ampulla flammea Röding, 1798: synonym of Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Ampulla kambeul Röding, 1798: synonym of Limicolaria kambeul (Bruguière, 1792) (junior subjective synonym)
- Ampulla lacteae Röding, 1798: synonym of Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Ampulla quagga Roding, 1798: synonym of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774: synonym of Orthalicus zebra (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior subjective synonym)
- Ampulla zebra Röding, 1798: synonym of Achatina zebra (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Cochlitoma zebra (Bruguière, 1792) ( junior subjective synonym)
Distribution
This genus is restricted to European and northwestern African waters.
References
- ^ a b Ampulla Röding, 1798. 25 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
- Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Hamburg: Trapp. p. 110.
- Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1838). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J.B.P.A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome huitième. Histoire des Mollusques. Paris: J. B. Baillière. p. 300.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Risso, A. (1826–1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series] (vol. 3 ed.). Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 52.
- Swainson, W. (1841). Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells. London: Henry Bohn. p. 27.
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1908). "Type of Ampulla, Bolten". The Nautilus. 22 (8).