Ancilla ampla Gmelin 1791 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Alternative combinations: Ancilla (Ancilla) ampla, Voluta ampla

Synonyms: Ancilla candida Lamarck 1811, Ancillaria candida Lamarck 1811

Belongs to Ancilla according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Oostingh 1935

Sister taxa: Ancilla (Alocospira), Ancilla (Ancilla), Ancilla (Ancillus), Ancilla (Oliverato), Ancilla (Olivula), Ancilla (Sparella), Ancilla (Turrancilla), Ancilla alazana, 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 bretzi, Ancillaria (Ancillopsis), Ancillaria sublobosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3 collections)

• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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