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). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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]