Babylonia (gastropod)

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Babylonia
File:Babyloniaareolata.jpg
Apical view of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Species

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

Image Binomial name
File:Babylonia ambulacrum (MNHN-IM-2000-6354).jpeg Babylonia ambulacrum
File:Babylonia areolata 01.JPG Babylonia areolata
File:Babylonia canaliculata dos.JPG Babylonia canaliculata

(taxonomic status uncertain)

File:Babylonia feicheni IMG 5434 Beijing Museum of Natural History - Natural History Museum of Guangxi.jpg Babylonia feicheni
File:Babylonia formosae 01.jpg Babylonia formosae
File:Babylonia japonica 01.JPG Babylonia japonica
File:Babylonia lutosa 01.JPG Babylonia lutosa
File:Babylonia pieroangelai NMR993000095987A.jpg Babylonia pieroangelai
File:Babylonia spirata 01.JPG Babylonia spirata
File:Zoological Illustrations Volume III Plate 144.jpg Babylonia valentiana
File:Babylonia zeylanica 01.JPG Babylonia zeylanica
File:Babylonia japonica01.JPG
Two live but retracted individuals of Babylonia japonica
File:Babylonia spirata shell.jpg
A shell of Babylonia spirata


The following species were brought into synonymy:[2]

References

External links

  • 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