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Ancilla (Sparella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Sparella Gray
1925Ancilla (Sparella) Vredenburg p. 119
1935Ancilla (Sparella) Oostingh p. 105
1939Ancilla (Sparella) Mukerjee p. 70
1994Ancilla (Sparella) Skwarko p. r7
2002Sparella 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
subgenusSparella(Gray 1857)

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.

Subg. Ancilla (Sparella) Gray 1857
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Ancilla (Sparella) birmanica Vredenburg 1921
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Invalid names: Ancillaria bandongensis Martin 1879 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Ancilla sp. n. (177724)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Sparella flexuosa (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Indonesia Ancilla rembangensis (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Ancilla rakhiensis (8676 183819 183853)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Ancilla birmanica (72084 76573 76574) Ancilla rembangensis (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Ancilla mutila (60979 65162)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Ancilla cinnamomea (63040 70081) Ancilla rembangensis (70085)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Ancilla cinnamomea (70078 70100)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Ancilla cinnamomea (42311) Ancilla rembangensis, Ancilla cinnamomea (42310)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Ancilla cinnamomea (84519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Ancilla cinnamomea (70079)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Ancilla cinnamomea (101415 101417)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Ancilla acuminata (55373)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti Ancillaria cinnamomea (96792 96793)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Eritrea Ancilla cinnamomea (101543)