Ancilla (gastropod)

Ancilla Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla ventricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Olivoidea
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Ancilla Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Voluta ampla Gmelin, 1801
Synonyms
Ancillaria Lamarck, 1811 Ancillus Montfort, 1810

Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ancilla include:

• Ancilla acuminata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)^[2]
• Ancilla adelphe Kilburn, 1981^[3]
• Ancilla albisulcata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)^[4]
• Ancilla albozonata E.A. Smith, 1904^[5]
• Ancilla ampla (Gmelin, 1791)^[6]
• Ancilla atimovatae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016^[7]
• Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980^[8]
• Ancilla castanea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)^[9]
• Ancilla chrysoma Kilburn, 1981^[10]
• Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801^[11]
• Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894)^[12]
• Ancilla eburnea (Deshayes, 1830)^[13]
• Ancilla exigua (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)^[14]
• Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981^[15]
• Ancilla faustoi H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979^[16]
• Ancilla giaquintoi Bozetti, 2006^[17]
• Ancilla inornata (E.A. Smith, 1879)^[18]
• Ancilla inornata (E.A. Smith, 1879)^[18]
• Ancilla iota Kilburn, 1981^[19]
• Ancilla kaviengensis Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016^[7]
• Ancilla lhaumeti Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016^[7]
• Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)^[20]
• Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864)^[21]
• Ancilla matthewsi Burch & Burch, 1967^[22]
• Ancilla minima Thiele, 1925^[23]
• Ancilla morrisoni Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016^[7]
• Ancilla murrayi Kilburn, 1981^[24]
• Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906
• Ancilla ovalis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)^[25]
• Ancilla rouillardi Kilburn, 1981^[26]
• Ancilla sarda (Reeve, 1864)^[27]
• Ancilla scaphella (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)^[28]
• Ancilla sticta Kilburn, 1981^[29]
• Ancilla suavis Yokoyama, 1926
• Ancilla taylori Kilburn, 1981^[30]
• Ancilla testudae (Kilburn, 1977)^[31]
• Ancilla thomassini Kilburn, 1981^[32]
• Ancilla tronsoni (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)^[33]
• Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)^[34]

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 fasciata Reeve, 1864:^[35] 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 (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 (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 sumatrana Thiele, 1925: synonym of Ancillina sumatrana (Thiele, 1925)

References

1. Ancilla Lamarck, 1799.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 June 2012.
2. Ancilla acuminata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
3. Ancilla adelphe Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
4. Ancilla albisulcata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
5. Ancilla albozonata E.A. Smith, 1904.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
6. Ancilla ampla (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
7. 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. PDF.
8. Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
9. Ancilla castanea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
10. Ancilla chrysoma Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
11. Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
12. Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
13. Ancilla eburnea (Deshayes, 1830).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
14. Ancilla exigua (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
15. Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
16. Ancilla faustoi H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
17. Ancilla giaquintoi Bozetti, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
18. Ancilla inornata (E.A. Smith, 1879).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
19. Ancilla iota Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
20. Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
21. Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
22. Ancilla matthewsi Burch & Burch, 1967.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
23. Ancilla minima Thiele, 1925.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
24. Ancilla murrayi Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
25. Ancilla ovalis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
26. Ancilla rouillardi Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
27. Ancilla sarda (Reeve, 1864).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
28. Ancilla scaphella (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
29. Ancilla sticta Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
30. Ancilla taylori Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
31. Ancilla testudae (Kilburn, 1977).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
32. Ancilla thomassini Kilburn, 1981.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
33. Ancilla tronsoni (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
34. Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
35. Ancilla fasciata Reeve, 1864.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.

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