Babylonia (gastropod)

Babylonia
Apical view of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
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]

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

• Babylonia ambulacrum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Babylonia angusta Altena & Gittenberger, 1981 (species inquirenda)
• 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 Altena & Gittenberger, 1972
• Babylonia lutosa (Lamarck, 1819)
• Babylonia perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Babylonia perforata perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008
  • Babylonia pintado f. millepunctata (Turton, 1932)
• Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Babylonia spirata f. semipicta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
• Babylonia umbilifusca Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003^[4]
• Babylonia valentiana (Chemnitz, 1780)
• Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguière, 1789)

Species within the genus Babylonia that have become synonyms:

• Babylonia habei Altena & Gittenberger, 1981: synonym of Babylonia formosae habei Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
• Babylonia hongkongensis Lai & Guo, 2010: synonym of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003: synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
• Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005:^[5] synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
• Babylonia pallida Kira, 1959: synonym of Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
• Babylonia pallida Hirase, 1934: synonym of Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
• Babylonia papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) is a synonym of Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)* Babylonia perforata pieroangelai Cossigniani, 2008 - synonym: Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008^[6]
• Babylonia pintado Kilburn, 1971 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pintado (Kilburn, 1971)
• Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pulchrelineata (Kilburn, 1973)
• Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998^[7] is a synonym of Zemiropsis rosadoi (Bozzetti, 1998)
• Babylonia tesselata (Swainson, 1823) - synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3632470 entry

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