Ancilla (gastropod)
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Ancilla, common name
the ancillas, is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Olividae.
Species brought into synonymy :
Common name
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the ancillas, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Olividae.
Species
Species within the genus Ancilla include:- Ancilla acuminataAncilla acuminataAncilla acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Ancilla adelpheAncilla adelpheAncilla adelphe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla albisulcataAncilla albisulcataAncilla albisulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) - Ancilla albozonataAncilla albozonataAncilla albozonata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
E.A. Smith, 1904 - Ancilla amplaAncilla amplaAncilla ampla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Ancilla boschiAncilla boschiAncilla boschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1980 - Ancilla castaneaAncilla castaneaAncilla castanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) - Ancilla chrysomaAncilla chrysomaAncilla chrysoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla cinnamomeaAncilla cinnamomeaAncilla cinnamomea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Lamarck, 1801 - Ancilla djiboutinaAncilla djiboutinaAncilla djiboutina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Jousseaume, 1894) - Ancilla eburneaAncilla eburneaAncilla eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Deshayes, 1830) - Ancilla exiguaAncilla exiguaAncilla exigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) - Ancilla farsianaAncilla farsianaAncilla farsiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla faustoiAncilla faustoiAncilla faustoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979 - Ancilla giaquintoiAncilla giaquintoiAncilla giaquintoi, common name the 141526, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Bozetti, 2006 - Ancilla inornataAncilla inornataAncilla inornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(E.A. Smith, 1879) - Ancilla inornataAncilla inornataAncilla inornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(E.A. Smith, 1879) - Ancilla iotaAncilla iotaAncilla iota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla lineolataAncilla lineolataAncilla lineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(A. Adams, 1853) - Ancilla marmorataAncilla marmorataAncilla marmorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Reeve, 1864) - Ancilla matthewsiAncilla matthewsiAncilla matthewsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Burch & Burch, 1967 - Ancilla minimaAncilla minimaAncilla minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Thiele, 1925 - Ancilla murrayiAncilla murrayiAncilla murrayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906
- Ancilla ovalisAncilla ovalisAncilla ovalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Ancilla rouillardiAncilla rouillardiAncilla rouillardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla sardaAncilla sardaAncilla sarda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Reeve, 1864) - Ancilla scaphellaAncilla scaphellaAncilla scaphella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Ancilla stictaAncilla stictaAncilla sticta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla tayloriAncilla tayloriAncilla taylori is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla testudaeAncilla testudaeAncilla testudae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Kilburn, 1977) - Ancilla thomassiniAncilla thomassiniAncilla thomassini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1981 - Ancilla tronsoniAncilla tronsoniAncilla tronsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Ancilla ventricosaAncilla ventricosaAncilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Lamarck, 1811)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Ancilla fasciata Reeve, 1864 : synonym of Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906
- Ancilla maculata Perry, 1811 : synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Ancilla mauritiana G.B. Sowerby I, 1830 : synonym of Anolacia mauritianaAnolacia mauritianaAnolacia mauritiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) - Ancilla muscae Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Ancillista muscaeAncillista muscaeAncillista muscae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Pilsbry, 1926) - Ancilla optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1897 : synonym of Amalda optimaAmalda optimaAmalda optima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897) - Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811 : synonym of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ancilla pura Sowerby, 1892 : synonym of Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864)