Ancillaria fasciata
Original description(s):
"Shell ovate, rather inflated, whitish, neatly banded round the lower part and at the sutures with reddish-brown, spire small, conical, columella excavately arched, then twisted.". Recent. No locality given.
Taxonomy:
Petit (2003) noted: “Kilburn (1993: 370–371) rejected Ancillaria fasciata Reeve, 1864 as a secondary junior homonym of Ancilla fasciata Perry, 1811 as Reeve’s species was being placed in the genus Ancilla. Kilburn’s action was improper under Article 59(c) of the Code then in force (I.C.Z.N. 1985) as the two taxa in question are not considered congeneric. The name Ancilla (Sparella) fasciata (Reeve, 1864) must take precedence over A. (S.) ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906 contrary to Kilburn’s usage.”.