Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466
Belongs to Ancilla according to R. N. Nelson 1925
Sister taxa: Ancilla (Ancilla), Ancilla (Ancillus), Ancilla (Oliverato), Ancilla (Olivula), Ancilla (Sparella), Ancilla (Turrancilla), Ancilla alazana, Ancilla ampla, Ancilla blakeleyensis, Ancilla brassica, 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 bretzi, Ancillaria sublobosa
Type specimen: UC 30540, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3764, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian coastal siltstone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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