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Babella

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Babella
Apertural view of a shell of Babella caelatior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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
  • Numaegilina Nomura, 1938
  • Paregila Laseron, 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]

Description

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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

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

Life habits

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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

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

Species brought into synonymy
  • Babella bartschi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906): synonym of Egilina callista (Melvill, 1893)
  • Babella caelata (A. Adams, 1863): synonym of Babella caelatior (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla) - Universidade de Vigo, 412 pp
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