''Ancilla'',
common name
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the ancillas, is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Ancillariidae
The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, ...
.
Description
(Described as ''Chilotygma'') The
spire
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is moderate, the suture enamelled. The inner
lip
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has the callus produced posteriorly into a strong angular tooth.
(Described as ''Anaulax'') The shell is not polished. The spire is produced with sutures covered with a thick deposit of enamel. The inner lip has the callus extended, thick, and covering the spire.
(Described as ''Ancillaria'') The shell is thin, ventricos and striated. The spire is short, obtuse with the suture enamelled. The aperture is wide.
(Described as ''Ancilla'') The shell is oblong, subcylindrical and polished. The spire is short with the suture filled up with enamel. The aperture is large, dilated and effuse anteriorly. The twisted columella is callous anteriorly. The outer lip is thin, simple and acute.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ancilla'' include:
* ''
Ancilla acuminata
''Ancilla acuminata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae
The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''
Ancilla adelphe''
Kilburn, 1981
* ''
Ancilla albisulcata''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* ''
Ancilla albozonata''
E.A. Smith, 1904
* ''
Ancilla ampla''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''
Ancilla asphaltodes''
Beets, 1942
* ''
Ancilla atimovatae''
Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016
* ''
Ancilla aureocallosa''
(Kilburn & Jenner, 1977)
* † ''
Ancilla austriaca''
(R. Hoernes, 1875)
* † ''
Ancilla bandongensis'' (
K. Martin, 1879)
* ''
Ancilla boschi''
Kilburn, 1980
* ''
Ancilla castanea''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* ''
Ancilla chrysoma
''Ancilla chrysoma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae
The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic ...
''
Kilburn, 1981
* ''
Ancilla cinnamomea''
Lamarck, 1801
* ''
Ancilla culierei''
Cossignani & Quiquandon, 2019
* † ''
Ancilla decipiens''
K. Martin, 1931
* ''
Ancilla djiboutina''
(Jousseaume, 1894)
* ''
Ancilla eburnea''
(Deshayes, 1830)
* † ''
Ancilla elegantula''
(Tesch, 1915)
* ''
Ancilla eloiseae''
T. Cossignani, 2023
* † ''
Ancilla everwijni''
(K. Martin, 1884)
* ''
Ancilla exigua''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* ''
Ancilla farsiana''
Kilburn, 1981
* ''
Ancilla faustoi''
H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979
* ''
Ancilla giaquintoi''
Bozetti, 2006
* ''
Ancilla guttata''
Boyer, 2015
* † ''
Ancilla ickei''
K. Martin, 1914
* ''
Ancilla inornata''
(E.A. Smith, 1879)
* ''
Ancilla iota''
Kilburn, 1981
* † ''
Ancilla javana''
(K. Martin, 1879)
* † ''
Ancilla junghuhni''
(K. Martin, 1879)
* ''
Ancilla kaviengensis''
Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016
* † ''
Ancilla latifasciata''
K. Martin, 1933
* ''
Ancilla lhaumeti''
Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016
* ''
Ancilla lineolata''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Ancilla marmorata''
(Reeve, 1864)
* † ''
Ancilla martini''
(Tesch, 1915)
* ''
Ancilla matthewsi''
Burch & Burch, 1967
* ''
Ancilla minima''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Ancilla morandii''
Cossignani, 2019
* ''
Ancilla morrisoni''
Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016[Kantor Yu. I., Fedosov A. E., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2016). "Integrative taxonomy approach to Indo-Pacific Olividae: new species revealed by molecular and morphological data". ''Ruthenica'' 26(2): 123-144]
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* ''
Ancilla murrayi''
Kilburn, 1981
* † ''
Ancilla nitida''
(Wanner & Hahn, 1935)
* † ''
Ancilla nonna''
K. Martin, 1914
* † ''
Ancilla nuda''
(K. Martin, 1884)
* † ''
Ancilla olsoni''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* ''
Ancilla ordinaria''
E.A. Smith, 1906
* ''
Ancilla ovalis''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* † ''
Ancilla paeteli''
K. Martin, 1914
* † ''
Ancilla parvula''
(K. Martin, 1884)
* † ''
Ancilla propinqua''
(Zittel, 1863)
* ''
Ancilla pruinosa''
Boyer, 2015
* † ''
Ancilla pusilla''
K. Martin, 1931
* † ''
Ancilla rasa''
K. Martin, 1914
* ''
Ancilla reboriae''
Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
* † ''
Ancilla rembangensis''
(K. Martin, 1906)
* ''
Ancilla rouillardi''
Kilburn, 1981
* ''
Ancilla sarda''
(Reeve, 1864)
* ''
Ancilla scaphella''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''
Ancilla siberutensis
''Ancilla siberutensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indon ...
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Thiele, 1925
* † ''
Ancilla songoensis''
K. Martin, 1914
* † ''
Ancilla staminea''
(Conrad, 1832)
* ''
Ancilla sticta''
Kilburn, 1981
* † ''
Ancilla stupaeformis''
Beets, 1942
* ''
Ancilla suavis''
Yokoyama, 1926
* ''
Ancilla sultana''
Boyer, 2015
* ''
Ancilla taylori''
Kilburn, 1981
* † ''
Ancilla teschi''
(Koperberg, 1931)
* ''
Ancilla testudae''
(Kilburn, 1977)
* ''
Ancilla thomassini''
Kilburn, 1981
* ''
Ancilla tronsoni''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
* ''
Ancilla undulata''
Boyer, 2015
* ''
Ancilla ventricosa''
(Lamarck, 1811)
; Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Ancilla agulhasensis'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Ancilla ordinaria'' E.A. Smith, 1906
* ''Ancilla alba'' Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Buccinanops vittatum'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Ancilla coccinea'' Fischer, 1807: synonym of ''
Ancilla cinnamomea'' Lamarck, 1801
* ''Ancilla coccinea'' Hedley, 1914: synonym of ''
Amalda coccinata'' Kilburn, 1980
* ''Ancilla edgariana'' Schepman, 1911: synonym of ''
Amalda edgariana'' (Schepman, 1911)
* ''Ancilla fasciata'' Reeve, 1864:
synonym of ''Ancilla ordinaria'' E.A. Smith, 1906
* ''Ancilla lineata'' Perry, 1811: synonym of ''Nassarius glans glans'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Ancilla maculata'' Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Babylonia areolata
''Babylonia areolata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Babyloniidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...
'' (Link, 1807)
* ''Ancilla mauritiana'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1830: synonym of ''
Anolacia mauritiana'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* ''Ancilla muscae'' Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of ''
Ancillista muscae
''Ancillista muscae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae
The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomi ...
'' (Pilsbry, 1926)
* ''Ancilla optima'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1897: synonym of ''
Amalda optima'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
* ''Ancilla ordinaria major'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''
Ancilla albozonata'' E.A. Smith, 1904
* ''Ancilla oryza'' Reeve, 1864: synonym of ''
Ancilla lineolata'' (A. Adams, 1853)
* ''Ancilla osculata'' Sowerby, 1900: synonym of ''
Bullia osculata'' (Sowerby, 1900)
* ''Ancilla pallida'' Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Babylonia spirata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Ancilla pura'' Sowerby, 1892: synonym of ''Ancilla marmorata'' (Reeve, 1864)
* ''Ancilla rubiginosa'' : synonym of ''
Amalda rubiginosa'' (Swainson, 1823) (original combination)
* ''Ancilla sumatrana'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Ancillina sumatrana'' (Thiele, 1925)
References
* Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349-463.
External links
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 ppLamarck (J.B.M.de) (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328.
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