WoRMS taxon details
Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
208360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208360)
accepted
Species
Ancilla (Sparella) castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) · alternative representation
Ancilla castanea f. aurantiaca Scali, 2023 · unaccepted > unavailable name (infrasubspecific name)
Ancillaria castanea G. B. Sowerby I, 1830 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ancillaria deshayesii G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Ancilla castanea albolutea Scali, 2023
- Subspecies Ancilla castanea castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
- Subspecies Ancilla castanea lutoflava Scali, 2023
- Forma Ancilla castanea f. aurantiaca Scali, 2023 accepted as Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) (unaccepted > unavailable name, infrasubspecific name)
marine
(of Ancillaria castanea G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1830). <i>Species conchyliorum, or, Concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties</i>. Vol. I, part I. G. B. Sowerby, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40032554
page(s): 5, figs 20-23 [details]
page(s): 5, figs 20-23 [details]
Type locality contained in Muscat
type locality contained in Muscat [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Southern Red Sea to Persian Gulf and India
Distribution Southern Red Sea to Persian Gulf and India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208360 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ancillaria castanea G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1830). <i>Species conchyliorum, or, Concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties</i>. Vol. I, part I. G. B. Sowerby, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40032554
page(s): 5, figs 20-23 [details]
original description (of Ancillaria deshayesii G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Ancillaria</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells</i>, vol. 3 (19): 57–67, pl. 211–214. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940482
page(s): 60, pl. 214, figs 68, 69 [details]
original description (of Ancilla castanea f. aurantiaca Scali, 2023) Scali, M. (2023). Description of two new subspecies of <i>Ancilla castanea</i> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830): <i>Ancilla castanea lutoflava</i> ssp. nov.; <i>Ancilla castanea albolutea</i> ssp. nov. and notes on a new color form of <i>Ancilla castanea</i> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) <i>Ancilla castanea</i> f. <i>aurantiaca</i>. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 40: 36-41. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus <i>Ancilla</i> Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 24(2): 349-463.
page(s): 423 [details]
page(s): 5, figs 20-23 [details]
original description (of Ancillaria deshayesii G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Ancillaria</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells</i>, vol. 3 (19): 57–67, pl. 211–214. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940482
page(s): 60, pl. 214, figs 68, 69 [details]
original description (of Ancilla castanea f. aurantiaca Scali, 2023) Scali, M. (2023). Description of two new subspecies of <i>Ancilla castanea</i> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830): <i>Ancilla castanea lutoflava</i> ssp. nov.; <i>Ancilla castanea albolutea</i> ssp. nov. and notes on a new color form of <i>Ancilla castanea</i> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) <i>Ancilla castanea</i> f. <i>aurantiaca</i>. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 40: 36-41. [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus <i>Ancilla</i> Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 24(2): 349-463.
page(s): 423 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Southern Red Sea to Persian Gulf and India [details]
