Genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799

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• Ancilla Lamarck, J.B.P. 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification de coquilles, comprenent une réaction appropiée de charactères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91 [May 1799] [70] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 579, 1959, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 17(3-5): 146. See also Anaulax, Ancillaria, Ancillus and Spirancilla].

  Type species:

   Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801 by subsequent monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Strait of Malacca, Red Sea, East Africa, Aden, Oman, Comoro Islands (Comoros), Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf), Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India (W), India (E), Myanmar (Burma), South China Sea, South Africa, India.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Descriptions of new species of Amalda, Ancillus and Ancillista. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 13-21

Kilburn, R.N. 1981. Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum 24(2): 349-463 [349-463]

Vaught, K.C. 1989. A Classification of the Living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists Inc. xii, 195 pp. [53]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	26-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED