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Ancillinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Ancillinae was named by Swainson (1835) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8202].

It was assigned to Olividae by Maxwell (1978), Hickman (1980), Ponder and Warén (1988) and Wilson (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ancillinae Swainson
1978Ancillinae Maxwell p. 39
1980Ancillinae Hickman p. 64
1988Ancillinae Ponder and Warén p. 306
1994Ancillinae Wilson p. 126

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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
subfamilyAncillinaeSwainson 1835
subfamilyAncillinaeSwainson 1835

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.

Subfm. †Ancillinae Swainson 1835
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G. Ancillista Iredale 1936
G. †Exiquaspira Ninomiya 1988
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available