Babylonia perforata

Babylonia perforata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae.[1] It has been named after Italian journalist Piero Angela.

Babylonia perforata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Babyloniidae
Genus:
Babylonia
Species:
B. perforata
Binomial name
Babylonia perforata
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms

Eburna perforata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870

Subspecies
  • Babylonia perforata perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) : synonyms = Eburna perforata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Babylonia perforata pieroangelai Cossigniani, 2008 : synonyms = Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008

References
  1. Babylonia perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2010.
  • Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 249–259
  • Fraussen K. & Stratmann D. (2013) The family Babyloniidae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A conchological iconography. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 96 pp., pls 1–48
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.


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