Ancilla paralamellata Mansfield 1925 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Belongs to Ancilla according to W. C. Mansfield 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 indica, Ancilla kovatschensis, Ancilla lamellata, Ancilla latifasciata, Ancilla meganosensis, Ancilla olivula, Ancilla pananga, Ancilla staminea, Ancilla subulata, Ancilla vacavillensis, Ancillaria sublobosa, Ancillaria (Ancillopsis), Ancillaria bretzi

Type specimen: USNM 352667, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 9212, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 9212

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