Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919

Caze, Bruno, Merle, Didier, Meur, Mathieu Le, Pacaud, Jean-Michel, Ledon, Daniel & Martin, Jean-Paul Saint, 2011, Taxonomic implications of the residual colour patterns of ampullinid gastropods and their contribution to the discrimination from naticids, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2), pp. 329-347 : 331

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.2009.0084
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scientific name	Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
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Family Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919 View in CoL Genus Ampullina Bowdich, 1822

Type species: Ampullaria depressa Lamarck, 1804 , Grignon, Lutetian.

Description.—Worldwide, this genus consists of 42 species in the Cainozoic, of which 41 occur in the Palaeogene ( SOM 1). 14 of the 34 species observed under UV light reveal a simple and unsophisticated residual colour pattern consisting of fluorescent straight spiral stripes or a diffuse area ( SOM 2). However, on the basis of shell morphology, we include in this genus three species previously attributed to Crommium , Ampullina intermedia (Deshayes, 1832) , Ampullina lignitara ( Deshayes, 1864) , and Ampullina merciniensis ( Deshayes, 1864) . They display fluorescent patches or segments, sometimes superimposed on broad spiral stripes.