Ampullospirinae

Ampullospirinae

Ampullospirinae is a subfamily of the caenogastropod family Naticidae. The Ampullospirinae include almost entirely extinct species. It was a major worldwide naticid group during last Mesozoic and early Tertiary and associated with tropical or subtropical faunas.

It has been demonstrated that this subfamily is an artificial paraphyletic group

References

* Marincovich, L.N. (1977) Cenozoic Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Northeastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 70, 169-212.
* Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific "taxa". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
*Cite web|url=http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-static&name=i0091-7613-31-6-e34&ct=1|title=Mystery of naticid predation history solved: Evidence from a "living fossil" species: COMMENT|accessdate=2008-06-14|publisher=Geological Society of America- online|author=Aronowsky A.|year=2003|work=pp E34


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