''Eubela'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
Description
The shell is smooth, glossy, with a sutural band. The outer
lip is sharp. A shallow anal sinus and a short angular
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...
recall that of ''
Trichotropis''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Eubela'' include:
* ''
Eubela aequatorialis''
Thiele, 1925
* † ''
Eubela awakinoensis''
Powell, 1942
* ''
Eubela calyx
''Eubela calyx'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is decollate and with the aperture imperfect, having evide ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Eubela distincta''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Eubela limacina
''Eubela limacina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.
(Original description) The waxy white shell is smooth, gliste ...
''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''
Eubela mcgintyi''
Schwengel, 1943
* † ''
Eubela monile''
Marwick, 1931
* ''
Eubela nipponica''
Kuroda, 1938
* ''
Eubela plebeja''
Thiele, 1925
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Eubela sofia''
(Dall, 1889):
synonym of ''
Xanthodaphne sofia
''Xanthodaphne sofia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Xanthodaphne sofia (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mari ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
References
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
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Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera