Babyloniidae
Encyclopedia
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Muricoidea
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Muricoidea
Muricoidea
Muricoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.This superfamily includes the murex snails, the chank snails, the true whelks, the dove snails, the crown conchs and busycon whelks, the spindle and tulip snails, the volutes and...
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Genera and species
Genera and species within the Babyloniidae are as follows:- Genus Acinopsis T.A. di Monterosato, 1884
- Acinopsis bicingulata
- Acinopsis fischeri
- Acinopsis granulata
- Acinopsis hirta
- Acinopsis oceani
- Acinopsis subcrenulata
- Acinopsis subcrenulata fasciata
- Genus BabyloniaBabylonia (gastropod)Babylonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.-Species:According to the World Register of Marine Species , the following species with valid names are included within the genus Babylonia:...
F. Schlüter, 1838