Ebala

Not to be confused with Ebola.

Ebala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ebalinae, family Murchisonellidae.^[2]

Ebala
Drawing of a shell of Ebala nitidissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Mesoneura
Superfamily:	Murchisonelloidea
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	Ebala Gray, 1847[1]

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

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