Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative combinations: Ancillaria fishii, Molopophorus fishii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Ancilla according to B. L. Clark 1918
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944 and Gabb 1866
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 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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: California, Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (11: Oregon)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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