Ampulla (gastropod)

Ampulla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Ampulla Röding, 1798{
Synonyms [1]
Achatina (Cochlycopa)Hanley, 1841 · HaliaRisso, 1829 Halia (Aulachalia)Sacco, 1893 (junior subjective synonym) PriamusBeck, 1838

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]

Distribution

This genus is restricted to European and northwestern African waters.

References

1. Ampulla Röding, 1798 . 25 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. 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). [J. B. Baillière 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}}: Check |url= value (help)
• 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).