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.

Ampullina
Temporal range: Middle Triassic-Early Pliocene, Anisian–Zanclean
Shell of Ampullina sp. - Oligocene from Savona (Italy)
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Ampullina
Type species
Natica depressa Lamarck, 1844
Synonyms
  • Natica (Ampullina) (alternative spelling)
  • Ampullella Cox 1931
  • Globularia (Ampulella) Cox 1931

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References

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