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Ancilla fishii

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy

Ancillaria fishii was named by Gabb (1866).

It was recombined as Ancilla fishii by Clark (1918), Clark and Arnold (1923); it was recombined as Molopophorus fishii by Durham (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. albocallosa, A. ancillops, A. boettgeri, A. castanea, A. chipolana, A. decipiens, A. djocdjocarte, A. dubia, A. fasciata, A. ickei, A. iwaensis, A. karsteni, A. lamarckii, A. lineolata, A. ntombazana, A. obesula, A. obtusa, A. pusilla, A. rasa, A. rubiginosa, A. shepardi, A. sismondiana, A. sowerbyi, A. staminea, A. staminea, A. staminea punctulifera, A. suavis, A. subcanalifera, A. suturalis, A. wrigleyi, A. nitida, A. tornata, A. branneri, A. ickei, A. nonna, A. paeteli, A. parvula, A. songoensis, A. vernedei, A. canalis, A. karsteni, A. obovata, A. propinqua, A. tjilonganensis, A. albocallosa, A. dubia, A. schmidti, A. spissa, A. tatei, A. scamba, A. staminea, A. acuminata, A. mutila, A. boettgeri, A. jogjacartensis, A. papillifera, A. puruensis, A. seminuda, A. adelaidensis, A. adelaidensis, A. chinenensis, A. lanceolata, A. matsushitai, A. teschi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1866	Ancillaria fishii Gabb pp. 9 - 10 figs. PL 2, Fig. 15
1918	Ancilla fishii Clark p. 185 figs. Plate 19, figures 4, 6-9 and 11
1923	Ancilla fishii Clark and Arnold p. 161
1944	Molopophorus fishii Durham p. 170

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Olivoidea	(Troschel 1869)
family	Olividae	Latreille 1825
genus	Ancilla	Lamarck 1799
species	fishii	()

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 fishii Gabb 1866

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Oregon)	Molopophorus fishii (38935 38939 38942 38984 38995 38997 38998 39002 39003 39022 39023)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (California)	Ancilla fishii (71188 71193 71195 71201)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Molopophorus fishii (208172)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Ancillaria fishii (122273)