Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Full reference: D. Jaboli. 1959. Fossili Giurassici dell'Harar (Africa Orientale): Brachiopodi, Lamellibranchi e Gasteropodi [Jurassic fossils from Harar (Eastern Africa): brachiopods, lamellibranchs and gastropods]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):3-100
Belongs to Ampullina according to D. Jaboli 1959
Sister taxa: Ampullina (Ampullina), Ampullina (Ampullospira), Ampullina (Crommium), Ampullina (Megatylotus), Ampullina (Pseudamaura), 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, Ampullella adurni, Globularia (Ampulella) nana, Ampullella woodringi, Ampullella nuttalli, Ampullella hewitti, Ampullella cedroensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Guresu, level 3, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Mt. Guresu, level 3
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