Marine Species Traits - Ancilla (Sparella) J. E. Gray, 1857

WoRMS name details

Ancilla (Sparella) J. E. Gray, 1857

AphiaID

868187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868187)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Ancilla Lamarck, 1799

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Ancilla Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Sparella J. E. Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Sparella J. E. Gray, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (14)

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Species Ancilla (Sparella) fasciata (Reeve, 1864) accepted as Ancilla ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1906 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Ancilla (Sparella) giaquintoi Bozzetti, 2006 accepted as Ancilla giaquintoi Bozzetti, 2006
Species Ancilla (Sparella) tronsoni (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) accepted as Ancilla tronsoni (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Species Ancilla (Sparella) adelphe Kilburn, 1981 represented as Ancilla adelphe Kilburn, 1981
Species Ancilla (Sparella) albozonata E. A. Smith, 1904 represented as Ancilla albozonata E. A. Smith, 1904
Species Ancilla (Sparella) boschi Kilburn, 1980 represented as Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980
Species Ancilla (Sparella) castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) represented as Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Species Ancilla (Sparella) farsiana Kilburn, 1981 represented as Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981
Species Ancilla (Sparella) ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1906 represented as Ancilla ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1906
Species Ancilla (Sparella) rouillardi Kilburn, 1981 represented as Ancilla rouillardi Kilburn, 1981
Species Ancilla (Sparella) sarda (Reeve, 1864) represented as Ancilla sarda (Reeve, 1864)
Species Ancilla (Sparella) scaphella (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) represented as Ancilla scaphella (G. B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Species Ancilla (Sparella) thomassini Kilburn, 1981 represented as Ancilla thomassini Kilburn, 1981
Species Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811) represented as Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Sparella J. E. Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 26 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancilla (Sparella) J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868187 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-01-22 17:20:00Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-05-27 05:21:43Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-06-21 12:42:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-09-19 18:06:10Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Sparella J. E. Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 26 [details]

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