''Pseudobabylonella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Admetinae of the
family
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Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family (biology), family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this ...
, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Plesiotriton'' include:
* † ''
Pseudobabylonella fusiformis''
(Cantraine, 1835)
* ''
Pseudobabylonella minima
''Pseudobabylonella minima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Description
The size of the small, fusiform shell varies between 5 mm and 9 mm. It has a white to pale ...
''
(Reeve, 1856)
* †''
Pseudobabylonella nysti''
(Hörnes, 1854)
* †''
Pseudobabylonella pusilla''
(Philippi, 1843)
;Synonyms:
* ''Pseudobabylonella brasiliensis''
(Verhecken, 1991): synonym of ''
Microcancilla brasiliensis''
(Verhecken, 1991)
References
External links
Brunetti M.M., Della Bella G., Forli M. & Vecchi G. (2009). La famiglia Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda) nel Plio-Pleistocene italiano: i generi Bonellitia, Pseudobabylonella n. gen., Admete e Cancellicula Tabanelli, 2008, con descrizione di tre nuove specie. Bollettino Malacologico. 45(2): 55-81
Cancellariidae
Gastropod genera
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