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]

## 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 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)

## References

1. ↑ Schlüter (1838). Kurzg. syst. Verz. Conch., 18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. ↑ WoRMS : Babylonia; accessed : 29 December 2010
4. ↑ Babylonia umbilifusca Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. ↑ Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. ↑ Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. ↑ Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

## 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

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