Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Volutidae > Subfamily Scaphellinae > Genus Ampulla

Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Helix Mitch.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ampulla*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Halia*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla helicoides*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spotted flask sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefleckte Walzenschnecke; Nordostatlantische Fleckenwalze

Literature

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).
additional source	Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of Ampulla Bolten. The Nautilus. 22(8): 83.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141963