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Ancilla brassica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Ancilla brassica was named by Maury (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. albocallosa, A. albocallosa, A. schmidti, A. scamba, A. lanceolata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Ancilla brassica Mansfield p. 35
1925Ancilla brassica Maury p. 199 figs. pl. 33, figs. 1, 8, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
genusAncillaLamarck 1799
speciesbrassicaMaury 1925

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ancilla brassica Maury 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:19
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Ancilla brassica (74922)