African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840

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Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

993219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:993219)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Olivoidea Latreille, 1825

Original name

Ancillariinae Swainson, 1840

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Genus Alocospira Cossmann, 1899
Genus Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Genus Anbullina K. van W. Palmer, 1937 †
Genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799
Genus Ancillarina Bellardi, 1882 †
Genus Ancillina Bellardi, 1882
Genus Ancillista Iredale, 1936
Genus Ancillopsis Conrad, 1865 †
Genus Anolacia J. E. Gray, 1857
Genus Eburna Lamarck, 1801
Genus Entomoliva Bouchet & Kilburn, 1991
Genus Eoancilla Stephenson, 1941 †
Genus Micrancilla P. A. Maxwell, 1992
Genus Monoptygma I. Lea, 1833 †
Genus Olivula Conrad, 1832 †
Genus Palmoliva Allmon & Friend, 2023 †
Genus Spirancilla H. E. Vokes, 1935 †
Genus Turrancilla E. von Martens, 1904
Genus Ancillaria Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (unnecessary substitute name for Ancilla Lamarck, 1799)
Genus Baryspira P. Fischer, 1883 accepted as Amalda (Baryspira) P. Fischer, 1883 represented as Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Genus Gracilispira Olsson, 1956 accepted as Amalda (Gracilispira) O. P. Olson, 1956 accepted as Amalda (Baryspira) P. Fischer, 1883 represented as Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Ancillarinae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993219 on 2025-04-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993219 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-05-27 04:15:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-14 17:49:37Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-12-12 06:55:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Ancillarinae [details]

basis of record Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Bonillo C. & Bouchet P. (2017). Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 180(3): 493-541., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw003 [details]

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