North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

141963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141963)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ampulla Röding, 1798

Original name

Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Bulla helicoides Brocchi, 1814 † · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3654 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141963 on 2025-12-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141963 on 2025-12-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-03-02 10:51:44Z

changed

Bail, Patrice

2023-08-09 12:54:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Bulla helicoides Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697 [details]

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3654 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]

basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of Ampulla Bolten. The Nautilus. 22(8): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743598 [details]

additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). Volutidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del Plioceno de Estepona (Málaga, España) con dos nuevas especies de Scaphella Swainson, 1832. Pliocénica. 6-7: 95-109.
page(s): 100, pl. 1 figs 12-13 [details]

additional source Poirier, J. (1886). Recherches anatomiques sur l'Halia priamus (Risso). Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France. 2: 17-50, pl. 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122652 [details]