Babella

Babella
Apertural view of a shell of Babella caelata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Odostomiinae
Tribe: Chrysallidini
Genus: Babella
Dall & Bartsch, 1906[1]
Type species
Turbonilla (Babella) caelatior Dall & Bartsch, 1906
Species

See text.

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).

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 sapecies within the genus Babella, these include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.