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Babella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Odostomiinae

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Similar
  
Cingulina, Pyramidella, Parthenina, Turbonilla, Chrysallida

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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).

Contents

Balazs babella untagged


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.

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 sapecies within the genus Babella, these include:

  • Babella affectuosa (Yokoyama, 1927)
  • Babella bartschi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
  • Babella caelata (A. Adams, 1864)
  • Babella ceciriana (Saurin, 1958)
  • Babella crassicostata (Saurin, 1958)
  • Babella cylindrica (Saurin, 1958)
  • Babella funiculata (Saurin, 1961)
  • Babella gloria (Nomura, S., 1938)
  • Babella hastula (Saurin, 1961)
  • Babella yabei yabei Nomura 1936
  • Babella yabei perarellia Nomura 1938
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Babella caelatior (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) - type species, synonym of Babella caelata A. Adams, 1864

    • References

    Babella Wikipedia
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