Babylonia (gastropod)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Babyloniidae |
| Genus: | Babylonia Schlüter, 1838[1] |
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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]
Two live but retracted individuals of Babylonia japonica
A shell of Babylonia spirata
- Babylonia ambulacrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Babylonia borneensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1864)
- Babylonia feicheni Shikama, 1973
- Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842)
- Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
- † Babylonia leonis van Regteren Altena & Gittenberger, 1972
- Babylonia lutosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Babylonia perforata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008
- Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Babylonia umbilifusca Gittenberger & Goud, 2003
- Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822)
- Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguière, 1789)
The following species were brought into synonymy:[2]
- van Regteren Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
- Lai & Guo, 2010
- Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003
- Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005
- Kira, 1959
- Hirase, 1934
- Babylonia papillaris (Sowerby I, 1825)
- Kilburn, 1971
- Kilburn, 1973
- Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998
- (Swainson, 1823)
References[]
- ^ Schlüter (1838). , 18.
- ^ a b c Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ WoRMS : Babylonia; accessed : 29 December 2010
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babylonia (genus). |
- 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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- Babylonia (gastropod)
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