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Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68292, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1986, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ancilla (Sparella) rakhiensis Eames p. 104 figs. Pl 1, fig 49

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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)
speciesrakhiensis

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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Diagnosis
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