Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative spelling: Ancillaria (Ancilla)
Synonym: Ancillaria Lamarck 1819
Parent taxon: Olividae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Abbass 1967, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944, Hickman 1980, MacNeil 1960, Mansfield 1925, Marasti 1973, Oostingh 1935, Palmer 1923, Robba et al. 1989, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Turner 1938, Wienrich 2001, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Agaroniinae, Anazola, Ancillinae, Belloliva, Eoancilla, Lindoliva, Olivancillaria, Olivella, Olivellinae, Olivinae, Pseudolivella, Vanpalmeriinae
Subtaxa: Ancilla (Alocospira) Ancilla (Ancilla) Ancilla (Ancillus) Ancilla (Oliverato) Ancilla (Olivula) Ancilla (Sparella) Ancilla (Turrancilla) Ancilla alazana Ancilla ampla Ancilla blakeleyensis Ancilla brassica Ancilla burroensis Ancilla canalifera Ancilla fishii Ancilla flexuosa Ancilla indica Ancilla kovatschensis Ancilla lamellata Ancilla latifasciata Ancilla meganosensis Ancilla olivula Ancilla pananga Ancilla paralamellata Ancilla staminea Ancilla subulata Ancilla vacavillensis Ancillaria (Ancillopsis) Ancillaria bretzi Ancillaria sublobosa
Type: Ancilla cinnamomea
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Eritrea (3), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (4), Saudi Arabia (2), South Africa (2), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (6), Japan (4), Panama (4), South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of Australia (4), Brazil (2), France (2), India (4), Indonesia (9), Italy (5), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (3), France (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), United States (8: California, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (3), Egypt (1), France (6), Hungary (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (4), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (116: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (7), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Poland (1), United States (5: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (17: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 288 collections including 351 occurrences
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