Ampulla priamus

Ampulla priamus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Ampulla
Species:	A. priamus
Binomial name
Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Achatina fulvasensu Deshayes, 1838 misapplication (not Bruguière, 1792) Achatina maculataSwainson, 1821 † Bulla helicoidesBrocchi, 1814 Bulla stercuspulicumGmelin, 1791 † Halia helicoides(Brocchi, 1814) Helix priamusGmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Ampulla priamus, common name the spotted flask snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 80 mm.

The shell is rather thin-shelled, inflated and broadly spindle-shaped. It features a moderate spire. It has a bluntly rounded protoconch of 2.5 whorls and three subsequent convex whorls that are inflated with an indented suture. The shell has a smooth sculpture. Fine, rather distant, microscopic spiral furrows are present,. The aperture is large and wide and it can be angled at the top; its interior is medium brown. The outer lip is flared, unevenly curved, and simple. The inner lip is long, very oblique, almost straight, with a little bend at either end.The pink columella is smooth, and the parietal area is lightly callous and is pale yellow-pink with red-brown spots. An indistinct fasciole is present, along with a wide, barely indented siphonal canal.

Distribution

This species lives in the West Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, only from Morocco to the Iberian peninsula, including the Canary Islands.

References

1. 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.
• Peláez, J. L. (2022). Volutidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del Plioceno de Estepona (Málaga, España) con dos nuevas especies de Scaphella Swainson, 1832. Pliocénica. 6-7: 95-109.

External links

• Brocchi, G.B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo. Vol. t.1. Milano: Stamperia Reale.
• Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vol. Tom. 1 Pars. 6. Leipzig: G.E. Beer. p. 3654. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
• 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. 309. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). "A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters". Scientia Marina. 81 (2): 241–254. Bibcode:2017ScMar..81..241G. doi:10.3989/scimar.04543.21a.
• Pilsbry, H.A. (1908). "Type of Ampulla, Bolten". The Nautilus. 22 (8).