Babylonia (gastropod)

Babylonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.[2]

Babylonia
Apical view of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Babyloniidae
Genus: Babylonia
Schlüter, 1838[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eburna (Babylonia) Schlüter, 1838
  • Galanthis Gistel, 1848
  • Latrunculus Gray, 1847 (Objective synonym, with the same type species)
  • Peridipsaccus Rovereto, 1900

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Babylonia:[3]

Two live but retracted individuals of Babylonia japonica
A shell of Babylonia spirata


The following species were brought into synonymy:[2]

  • Babylonia habei van Regteren Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
  • Babylonia hongkongensis Lai & Guo, 2010
  • Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003
  • Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005
  • Babylonia pallida Kira, 1959
  • Babylonia pallida Hirase, 1934
  • Babylonia papillaris (Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Babylonia pintado Kilburn, 1971
  • Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973
  • Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998
  • Babylonia tessellata (Swainson, 1823)

References
  1. Schlüter (1838). Kurzg. syst. Verz. Conch., 18.
  2. Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. WoRMS : Babylonia; accessed : 29 December 2010
  • Altena C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger E. (1981). "The genus Babylonia (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 188: 1-57, + 11 pls. PDF.
  • Gittenberger E. & Goud J. (2003). "The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 345: 151-162. PDF


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