Deep-Sea taxon details
Ampulla Röding, 1798
138659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138659)
accepted
Genus
Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Distribution Restricted to European and northwestern African waters.
Distribution Restricted to European and northwestern African waters. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ampulla Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138659 on 2026-09-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ampulla Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138659 on 2026-09-25
Date
action
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2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of <i>Ampulla</i> Bolten. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(8): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743598 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of <i>Ampulla</i> Bolten. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(8): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743598 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Radula uniserial with Y-shaped teeth. Globose glossy shell with a blunt spire and a rounded protoconch. [details]Distribution Restricted to European and northwestern African waters. [details]
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
