Eubela Explained

Eubela is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

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 recall that of Trichotropis.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Eubela include:

• Eubela aequatorialis Thiele, 1925
• † Eubela awakinoensis Powell, 1942
• Eubela calyx (Dall, 1889)
• Eubela distincta Thiele, 1925
• Eubela limacina (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 (Dall, 1889)

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

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseu18harv Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College vol. 18 (1889)