- Ampullospirinae
Ampullospirinae is a
subfamily of the caenogastropod familyNaticidae . The Ampullospirinae include almost entirely extinct species. It was a major worldwide naticid group during lastMesozoic and earlyTertiary and associated with tropical or subtropical faunas.It has been demonstrated that this subfamily is an artificial
paraphyletic groupReferences
* Marincovich, L.N. (1977)
Cenozoic Naticidae (Mollusca :Gastropoda ) of the Northeastern Pacific.Bulletins of American Paleontology , 70, 169-212.
* Kabat, A.R. (1991) Theclassification of theNaticidae (Mollusca :Gastropoda ):Review and analysis of the supraspecific "taxa". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
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