Ancilla (gastropod)
Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ancillariidae.
Description
The spire is moderate, the suture enamelled. The inner lip has the callus produced posteriorly into a strong angular tooth.The shell is not polished. The spire is produced with sutures covered with a thick deposit of enamel. The inner lip has the callus extended, thick, and covering the spire.
The shell is thin, ventricose and striated. The spire is short, obtuse with the suture enamelled. The aperture is wide.
The shell is oblong, subcylindrical and polished. The spire is short with the suture filled up with enamel. The aperture is large, dilated and effuse anteriorly. The twisted columella is callous anteriorly. The outer lip is thin, simple and acute.
Species
Species within the genus Ancilla include:Ancilla acuminata Ancilla adelphe Kilburn, 1981Ancilla albisulcata Ancilla albozonata E.A. Smith, 1904Ancilla ampla- † Ancilla asphaltodes Beets, 1942 Ancilla atimovatae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016
- † Ancilla austriaca
- † Ancilla bandongensis Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980Ancilla castanea Ancilla chrysoma Kilburn, 1981Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801Ancilla culierei Cossignani & Quiquandon, 2019
- † Ancilla decipiens K. Martin, 1931 Ancilla djiboutina Ancilla eburnea
- † Ancilla elegantula Ancilla eloiseae T. Cossignani, 2023
- † Ancilla estebbunensis Vera-Peláez, 2022
- † Ancilla everwijni Ancilla exigua Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981Ancilla faustoi H.R. Matthews, H.C. Matthews & Muniz Dijck, 1979Ancilla giaquintoi Bozetti, 2006Ancilla guttata Boyer, 2015
- † Ancilla iberica
- † Ancilla ickei K. Martin, 1914 Ancilla inornata Ancilla iota Kilburn, 1981
- † Ancilla javana
- † Ancilla junghuhni Ancilla kaviengensis Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016
- † Ancilla latifasciata K. Martin, 1933 Ancilla lhaumeti Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016Ancilla lineolata Ancilla marmorata
- † Ancilla martini Ancilla matthewsi Burch & Burch, 1967Ancilla minima Thiele, 1925Ancilla morandii Cossignani, 2019Ancilla morrisoni Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2016Ancilla murrayi Kilburn, 1981
- † Ancilla nitida
- † Ancilla nonna K. Martin, 1914
- † Ancilla nuda
- † Ancilla olsoni P. A. Maxwell, 1992 Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906Ancilla ovalis
- † Ancilla paeteli K. Martin, 1914
- † Ancilla parvula
- † Ancilla propinqua Ancilla pruinosa Boyer, 2015
- † Ancilla pusilla K. Martin, 1931
- † Ancilla rasa K. Martin, 1914
- † Ancilla rembangensis Ancilla rouillardi Kilburn, 1981Ancilla sarda Ancilla scaphella Ancilla siberutensis Thiele, 1925
- † Ancilla songoensis K. Martin, 1914 Ancilla sticta Kilburn, 1981Ancilla stranoi T. Cossignani, 2024
- † Ancilla stupaeformis Beets, 1942 Ancilla sultana F. Boyer, 2015Ancilla taylori Kilburn, 1981
- † Ancilla teschi Ancilla testudae Ancilla thomassini Kilburn, 1981Ancilla tronsoni Ancilla undulata Boyer, 2015
- † Ancilla vegai Vera-Peláez, 2022
- ''Ancilla ventricosa''
Synonyms
Ancilla agulhasensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906Ancilla alba Perry, 1811: synonym of Buccinanops vittatum Ancilla albocallosa : synonym of Amalda albocallosa Ancilla alcocki E. A. Smith, 1906: synonym of Turrancilla alcocki Ancilla aperta : synonym of Anolacia aperta Ancilla aureocallosa : synonym of Ancillista aureocallosa Kilburn & Jenner, 1977- † Ancilla buccinoides Lamarck, 1803: synonym of † Spirancilla buccinoides
- † Ancilla canalifera Lamarck, 1803: synonym of † Ancillarina canalifera Ancilla cingulata : synonym of Ancillista cingulata Ancilla coccinea Fischer, 1807: synonym of Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801Ancilla coccinea Hedley, 1914: synonym of Amalda coccinata Kilburn, 1980Ancilla edgariana Schepman, 1911: synonym of Amalda edgariana Ancilla fasciata Reeve, 1864: synonym of Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906Ancilla lineata Perry, 1811: synonym of Nassarius glans glans Ancilla maculata Perry, 1811: synonym of Babylonia areolata Ancilla mauritiana G.B. Sowerby I, 1830: synonym of Anolacia mauritiana Ancilla muscae Pilsbry, 1926: synonym of Ancillista muscae Ancilla optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1897: synonym of Amalda optima Ancilla ordinaria major Turton, 1932: synonym of Ancilla albozonata E.A. Smith, 1904Ancilla oryza Reeve, 1864: synonym of Ancilla lineolata Ancilla osculata Sowerby, 1900: synonym of Bullia osculata Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811: synonym of Babylonia spirata Ancilla pura Sowerby, 1892: synonym of Ancilla marmorata Ancilla reboriae Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018: synonym of Turrancilla reboriae Ancilla rubiginosa : synonym of Amalda rubiginosa
- † Ancilla staminea : synonym of † Olivula staminea Ancilla suavis Yokoyama, 1926 : synonym of † Turrancilla suavis Ancilla sumatrana Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''Ancillina sumatrana''