Babella

Taxobox
name = "Babella"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Heterostropha
superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea
familia = Pyramidellidae
subfamilia = Chrysallidinae
genus = "Babella"
genus_authority = Dall & Bartsch, 1906
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Babella" is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae, of the family Odostomiidae.

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.

pecies within the genus "Babella"

* "Babella caelatior" (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) (= "Parthenina caelata" A. adams, 1863 not" Turbonilla caelata" Gould, 1861) (Type species)
* "Babella bartschi" (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
* "Babella ceciriana" (Saurin, 1958)
* "Babella crassicostata" (Saurin, 1958)
* "Babella cylindrica" (Saurin, 1958)
* "Babella funiculata" (Saurin, 1961)
* "Babella hastula" (Saurin, 1961)
* "Babella yabei yabei" Nomura 1936
* "Babella yabei perarellia" Nomura 1938
* ...

References

* cite journal
author = Dall, W. H. & Bartsch, P.
year = 1906
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title = Notes on Japanese, Indopacific and American Pyramidellidae
journal = Proceedings of the United States National Museum
volume = 30
issue = 20
pages = 321–369, plates 17–26
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