Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Alternative spellings: Ancilla (Baryspira), Baryspira
Parent taxon: Amalda according to M. Harzhauser 2002
See also Beu et al. 1990, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser et al. 2002, MacNeil 1960, Mandic et al. 2002, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amalda (Alcospira), Amalda (Alocospira), Amalda (Gracilispira), Amalda arenaria, Amalda atrebatum, Amalda bellovaciana, Amalda beneharniana, Amalda bibhae, Amalda custodiensis, Amalda glandiformis, Amalda obsoleta, Amalda pusagnensis
Subtaxa: Baryspira electa Baryspira robusta Baryspira tirangiensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (5), New Zealand (3), South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (3)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Indonesia (1), Japan (6), New Zealand (14), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (15)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), France (4), New Zealand (6)
Total: 67 collections including 82 occurrences