Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative spelling: Alocospira
Parent taxon: Ancilla according to C. H. Oostingh 1935
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: 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 paralamellata, Ancilla staminea, Ancilla subulata, Ancilla vacavillensis, Ancillaria sublobosa, Ancillaria (Ancillopsis), Ancillaria bretzi
Subtaxa: Ancilla (Alocospira) gerthi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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