Ebala

Genus of gastropods

Not to be confused with Ebola.

Ebala

Drawing of a shell of Ebala nitidissima
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Superfamily:  | Murchisonelloidea
Family:  | Murchisonellidae
Genus:  | Ebala
Gray, 1847[1]

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).[citation needed]

## Species

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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

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1. ^ Leach (October 1847) Annals of Natural History 20: 270; Gray (November 1847). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 160.
2. ^ 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
3. ^ 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
4. ^ 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
5. ^ 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
6. ^ 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
7. ^ 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
8. ^ 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

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Warén, A. (1994). "Systematic position and validity of Ebala, Gray, 1847 (Ebalidae fam. n., Pyramidelloidea, Heterobranchia)". Bollettino Malacologico. 30: 203–210.203-210&rft.date=1994&rft.au=Warén,+A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ebala" class="Z3988">

## External links

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Media related to Ebala at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Ebala|

* Wikidata: Q3200415
* Wikispecies: Ebala
* BOLD: 963219
* GBIF: 6755601
* NBN: NHMSYS0021055905
* NCBI: 699214
* Open Tree of Life: 582310
* Paleobiology Database: 12088
* WoRMS: 137920