Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Alternative spellings: Ampullospira, Ampulospira
Parent taxon: Ampullina according to Pannekoek 1936
See also Hanna 1927, Kabat 1991, Marincovich 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullina), Ampullina (Crommium), Ampullina (Megatylotus), Ampullina (Pseudamaura), Ampullina aethiopica, Ampullina anguillana, Ampullina austriaca, Ampullina avellana, Ampullina bravoensis, Ampullina butleri, Ampullina concipio, Ampullina curta, Ampullina effusa, Ampullina gabonensis, Ampullina haunsbergensis, Ampullina lorierei, Ampullina mona, Ampullina ortoni, Ampullina oviformis, Ampullina packardi, Ampullina paracasina, Ampullina paytensis, Ampullina perusta, Ampullina pseudoalveata, Ampullina sireli, Ampullina solidula, Ampullina stantoni, Ampullina striata, Ampullina subhumerosa, Ampullina tapina, Ampullina vapincana, Ampullina vaughani, Ampullina vulcani, Ampullina woodsi, Natica (Ampullina) gabbi, Polinices (Ampullina) sookensis, Globularia (Ampulella) nana, Ampullella adurni, Ampullella woodringi, Ampullella hewitti, Ampullella nuttalli, Ampullella cedroensis
Subtaxa: Ampullospira bulbiformis Ampullospira clementina Ampullospira ervyna Ampullospira susanaensis Ampullospira whitei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (2 collections), Somalia (1)
• Eocene of India (2), Indonesia (4), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Poland (2)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Brazil (2), Cameroon (1), Egypt (1), Iran (1), Nigeria (3), Switzerland (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (1), India (16), Kenya (2), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (8), Spain (50), Tanzania (7), Tunisia (4), the United Kingdom (1), Yemen (14)
• Triassic of Hungary (5), Switzerland (1)
Total: 141 collections including 146 occurrences