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Ancilla (Olivula)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivula was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Ancilla (Olivula) by Clark and Durham (1946).

It was assigned to Ancilla by Clark and Durham (1946); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Ancilla (Olivula) Clark and Durham p. 45
2002Olivula Sepkoski

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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
subgenusOlivula

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.

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Ancilla (Olivula) colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Olivula marysvillensis Dickerson 1913
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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Olivula sp. (42953)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Olivula marysvillensis (122337)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Olivula sp. (91117)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Olivula canalifera (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Colombia Ancilla scamba (88278)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Ancilla colombiana (3315)