Babylonia (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Babylonia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Babyloniidae
.
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Babylonia:
Species within the genus Babylonia that have become synonyms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Babyloniidae
Babyloniidae
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Muricoidea.-Genera and species:Genera and species within the Babyloniidae are as follows:*Genus Acinopsis T.A...
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Babylonia:
- Babylonia ambulacrum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Babylonia angusta Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
- Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Babylonia borneensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1864)
- Babylonia feicheni Shikama, 1973
- Babylonia formosae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia habei Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
- Babylonia hongkongensis Lai & Guo, 2010
- Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842)
- Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
- Babylonia leonis Altena & Gittenberger, 1972
- Babylonia lutosa (Lamarck, 1819)
- Babylonia magnificaBabylonia magnificaBabylonia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae....
Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005 - Babylonia perforataBabylonia perforataBabylonia perforata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae.-Subspecies:* Babylonia perforata perforata : synonyms = Eburna perforata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870...
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)- Babylonia perforata perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Babylonia perforata pieroangelai Cossigniani, 2008 - synonym: Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008
- Babylonia pintado f. millepunctata (Turton, 1932)
- Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia spirata f. semipicta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia tesselata (Swainson, 1823) - synonym: Babylonia lani Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003
- Babylonia umbilifuscaBabylonia umbilifuscaBabylonia umbilifusca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae....
Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003 - Babylonia valentiana (Chemnitz, 1780)
- Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguière, 1789)
Species within the genus Babylonia that have become synonyms:
- Babylonia papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) is a synonym of Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Babylonia pintado Kilburn, 1971 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pintado (Kilburn, 1971)
- Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pulchrelineata (Kilburn, 1973)
- Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998 is a synonym of Zemiropsis rosadoi (Bozzetti, 1998)
External links
- Altena C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger E. (1981). "The genus Babylonia (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae)". Zoologische VerhandelingenZoologische VerhandelingenZoologische Verhandelingen is a Dutch biology journal. It is published by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden....
188: 1-57, + 11 pls. PDF. - Gittenberger E. & Goud J. (2003). "The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Zoologische VerhandelingenZoologische VerhandelingenZoologische Verhandelingen is a Dutch biology journal. It is published by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden....
345: 151-162. PDF