Turrancilla
Original description(s):
"Man könnte aus A. hilgendorfi, lanceolata und eventuell auch rubiginosa eine eigene Unterabteilung, Turrancilla, bilden.".
Name-Bearing Type:
Type species by monotypy: Ancillaria lanceolata Von Martens, 1902.
General description:
A genus of mainly UPPER SLOPE and LOWER SLOPE species, with only few species occupying shallower water habitats.
Type species is the extant Ancillaria lanceolata Von Martens, 1902 (see below).
RV 0066. Mozambique, between Inhaca and Xai-Xai. Trawled dead. Depth 380-420 m. July 2003.