Babella

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Babella
Babella caelata 001.png
Apertural view of a shell of Babella caelatior
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Babella
Dall & Bartsch, 1906 [1]
Type species
Turbonilla (Babella) caelatior Dall & Bartsch, 1906
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida (Numaegilina)Nomura, 1938
  • Egilina (Numaegilina)Nomura, 1938
  • NumaegilinaNomura, 1938
  • ParegilaLaseron, 1951
  • Turbonilla (Babella)Dall & Bartsch, 1906 (original rank)

Babella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005). [2]

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Description

The shell shows strong axial ribs between the sutures and three spiral keels, two of which are at the periphery, which falls in the deep sulcus between them, and one a little anterior to the middle of the base. [1]

Distribution

The genus seems to be limited to tropical and temperate regions of the Pacific Ocean.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato , they are ectoparasites.

Species

There are twelve known species within the genus Babella, these include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Dall W. H. & Bartsch P. (1906). "Notes on Japanese, Indopacific and American Pyramidellidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 30 (20): 321–369, plates 17–26. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.30-1452.321. page 347.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2018). Babella Dall & Bartsch, 1906. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588302 on 2018-01-08
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Babella caelatior (Dall & Bartsch, 1906). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588304 on 2018-01-08
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