Ampullinopsis

Ampullinopsis Temporal range: Paleocene – Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Shell of Ampullinopsis crassatina from Lower Oligocene, Savona (Italy)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Campaniloidea
Family:	Ampullinidae
Genus:	Ampullinopsis Conrad 1865
Synonyms
Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) (alternative spelling) Globularia (Ampullinopsis) (alternative spelling)

Ampullinopsis is an extinct taxonomic genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. These sea snails were epifaunal grazers. Sea snails of this genus lived from Paleocene epoch to Miocene epoch (age range: 48.6 to 20.43 million years ago).

Species

Ampullinopsis in the Paleobiology Database
Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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