Babylonia valentiana

Species of gastropod

Babylonia valentiana

Zoological Illustrations Volume III Plate 144
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Babyloniidae
Genus:  | Babylonia
Species:  |

B. valentiana

Binomial name
Babylonia valentiana

(Swainson, 1822)

Synonyms[1]

* Eburna molliana G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
* Eburna valentiana Swainson, 1822

Babylonia valentiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae.[1][2]

## Description

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Shell size 65-70 mm. Trawled at 80-100 m. depth.

## Distribution

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Indian Ocean: off the coast of Somalia.

## References

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1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475122 on 2019-01-12
2. ^ Yan Y.-X. [Yu-Xian] [= Yen Yu Hsiu] (2012) Unveiling contradictions in the taxonomy of some gastropod shells. Pei-Yo 38: 16-34. [in Chinese]

Taxon identifiers

Babylonia valentiana|

* Wikidata: Q13433111
* CoL: K6LX
* GBIF: 6125762
* iNaturalist: 877138
* IRMNG: 11891837
* Open Tree of Life: 4958662
* WoRMS: 475122

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