Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative spelling: Sparella
Parent taxon: Ancilla according to C. H. Oostingh 1935
See also Mukerjee 1939, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1994 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Ancilla (Alocospira), Ancilla (Ancilla), Ancilla (Ancillus), Ancilla (Oliverato), Ancilla (Olivula), Ancilla (Turrancilla), Ancilla alazana, Ancilla ampla, Ancilla blakeleyensis, Ancilla brassica, Ancilla burroensis, Ancilla canalifera, Ancilla fishii, Ancilla flexuosa, Ancilla indica, Ancilla kovatschensis, Ancilla lamellata, Ancilla latifasciata, Ancilla meganosensis, Ancilla olivula, Ancilla pananga, Ancilla paralamellata, Ancilla staminea, Ancilla subulata, Ancilla vacavillensis, Ancillaria (Ancillopsis), Ancillaria sublobosa, Ancillaria bretzi
Subtaxa: Ancilla (Sparella) birmanica Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis Ancilla (Sparella) rembangensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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