Babella

Babella
Apertural view of a shell of Babella caelatior
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Babella
Dall & Bartsch, 1906
Type species
Turbonilla (Babella) caelatior Dall & Bartsch, 1906
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida (Numaegilina) Nomura, 1938
  • Egilina (Numaegilina) Nomura, 1938
  • Numaegilina Nomura, 1938
  • Paregila Laseron, 1951
  • Turbonilla (Babella) Dall & Bartsch, 1906 (original rank)

Babella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005).