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Ancilla ampla

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Voluta ampla was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ancilla (Ancilla) ampla by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Ancilla ampla by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. albocallosa, A. staminea, A. albocallosa, A. schmidti, A. scamba, A. staminea, A. lanceolata

Synonyms
  • Ancillaria candida was named by Lamarck (1811) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Ancilla candida by Eames (1950); it was synonymized subjectively with Ancilla ampla by Hendy (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Voluta ampla Gmelin
1811Ancillaria candida Lamarck
1935Ancilla (Ancilla) ampla Oostingh p. 104
1950Ancilla candida Eames p. 244
2007Ancilla ampla Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
genusAncillaLamarck 1799
speciesampla(Gmelin 1791)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ancilla ampla Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Ancillaria candida Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:19
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Ancilla ampla (84523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Ancilla candida (77658)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Ancilla ampla (72092 72097 72104)