Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.

Taxonomy

1999 taxonomy

Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999), there were five genera in the Ebalidae:

  • Ebala J. E. Gray, 1847
  • Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947
  • Chesapeakella Campbell, 1993
  • Ebalina Thiele, 1929
  • Henrya Bartsch, 1947

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:

Subfamily Ebalinae Warén, 1995

  • Ebala Gray, 1847 - synonym: Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880

Subfamily Murchisonellinae T. L. Casey, 1904

Genera brought into synonymy

  • Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
  • Laseronella Whitley, 1959: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
  • Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
  • Pandorella Laseron, 1951: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
  • Peñas, A.; Rolán, E. (2013). Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica. 11: 15-64
  • Warén A. (2013) Murchisonellidae: who are they, where are they and what are they doing? (Gastropoda, lowermost Heterobranchia). Vita Malacologica 11: 1-14