Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: "Lower Heterobranchia"
Superfamilia: Murchisonelloidea
Familia: Murchisonellidae
Subfamilia: Ebalinae
Genus: Ebala
Species (12): E. communis – E. gradata – E. micalii – E. nitidissima – E. pagodula – E. pointeli – E. scintillans – E. striatula – E. torquata – E. trigonostoma – E. vestalis – E. virginea
Name
Ebala Gray, 1847
References
Links
Ebala in the World Register of Marine Species
Ebala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ebalinae, family Murchisonellidae.[2]
Members of the genus Ebala are small (<4 mm) gastropods, the shells of which have a sinistral protoconch. The shell is transparent, sometimes with opaque spots. In contrast to most of the families in the parent superfamily Pyramidelloidea, they do possess a radula. They are found in tropical to temperate waters, often associated with sea grass beds (e.g. Posidonia and Zostera).[
Species
Species within the genus Ebala include:
Ebala communis Bandel, 2005[3]
Ebala gradata (Monterosato, 1878)[4]
Ebala micalii (Peñas & Rolán, 2001)
Ebala nitidissima (Montagu, 1803)[5]
Ebala pagodula (Yokoyama, 1927)
Ebala pointeli (de Folin, 1868)[6]
Ebala scintillans A. Adams, 1861
Ebala striatula (Jeffreys, 1856)[7]
Ebala torquata (Saurin, 1962)
Ebala trigonostoma (de Folin, 1872)[8]
Ebala venusta (Melvill, 1904)
Ebala vestalis A. Adams, 1861
Ebala virginea A. Adams, 1860
References
Leach (October 1847) Annals of Natural History 20: 270; Gray (November 1847). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 160.
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala Gray, 1847. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137920 on 2010-09-16
WoRMS (2009). Ebala communis Bandel, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389746 on 2010-09-16
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala gradata (Monterosato, 1878). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181167 on 2010-09-16
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala nitidissima (Montagu, 1803). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139664 on 2010-09-16
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala pointeli (de Folin, 1868). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139665 on 2010-09-16
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala striatula (Jeffreys, 1856). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139666 on 2010-09-16
Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala trigonostoma (de Folin, 1872). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139667 on 2010-09-16
Further reading
Warén, A. (1994). "Systematic position and validity of Ebala, Gray, 1847 (Ebalidae fam. n., Pyramidelloidea, Heterobranchia)". Bollettino Malacologico. 30: 203–210.
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