Ancilla (gastropod)

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 boschi Kilburn, 1980^[7]
• Ancilla castanea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)^[8]
• Ancilla chrysoma Kilburn, 1981^[9]
• Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801^[10]
• Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894)^[11]
• Ancilla eburnea (Deshayes, 1830)^[12]
• Ancilla exigua (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)^[13]
• Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981^[14]
• Ancilla faustoi H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979^[15]
• Ancilla giaquintoi Bozetti, 2006^[16]
• Ancilla inornata (E.A. Smith, 1879)^[17]
• Ancilla inornata (E.A. Smith, 1879)^[18]
• Ancilla iota Kilburn, 1981^[19]
• Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)^[20]
• Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864)^[21]
• Ancilla matthewsi Burch & Burch, 1967^[22]
• Ancilla minima Thiele, 1925^[23]
• 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 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 fasciata Reeve, 1864^[35] : 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 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 pallida Perry, 1811 : synonym of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Ancilla pura Sowerby, 1892 : synonym of Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864)

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