Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative combination: Ancilla (Sparella) indica
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350
Belongs to Ancilla according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Iqbal 1980 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Ancilla (Alocospira), Ancilla (Ancilla), Ancilla (Ancillus), Ancilla (Oliverato), Ancilla (Olivula), Ancilla (Sparella), Ancilla (Turrancilla), Ancilla alazana, Ancilla ampla, Ancilla blakeleyensis, Ancilla brassica, Ancilla burroensis, Ancilla canalifera, Ancilla fishii, Ancilla flexuosa, Ancilla kovatschensis, Ancilla lamellata, Ancilla latifasciata, Ancilla meganosensis, Ancilla olivula, Ancilla pananga, Ancilla paralamellata, Ancilla staminea, Ancilla subulata, Ancilla vacavillensis, Ancillaria (Ancillopsis), Ancillaria bretzi, Ancillaria sublobosa
Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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