Ampulla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Scaphellinae of the family Volutidae.
Species
Species within the genus Ampulla include:
Synonyms
- Ampulla bombarda <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Achatina achatina <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (junior synonym)
- Ampulla flammea <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Achatina achatina <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (junior synonym)
- Ampulla kambeul <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Limicolaria kambeul <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Ampulla lacteae <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Achatina achatina <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (junior synonym)
- Ampulla quagga <small>Roding, 1798</small>: synonym of Buccinum zebra <sup>O. F. Müller, 1774</sup>: synonym of Orthalicus zebra <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Ampulla zebra <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of Achatina zebra <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma zebra <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small> ( junior subjective synonym)
Distribution
This genus is restricted to European and northwestern African waters.
References
- Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
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