Babylonia areolata

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Babylonia areolata
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Five views of a shell of Babylonia areolata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Babyloniidae
Genus: Babylonia
Species:
B. areolata
Binomial name
Babylonia areolata
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms [1]
  • Babylonia areolata f. austraoceanensisLan, 1997
  • Babylonia laniGittenberger & Goud, 2003
  • Babylonia magnificaFraussen & Stratmann, 2005
  • Babylonia tessellata(Swainson, 1823)
  • Buccinum areolatumLink, 1807 (original combination)
  • Buccinum maculosumRöding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum maculosumMartyn, 1784)
  • Eburna chemnitzianaFischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Eburna tessellataSwainson, 1823

Babylonia areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Babyloniidae. [1]

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Description

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Brown sections over a white shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from off Taiwan to the Indian Ocean. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475109 on 2015-09-21
  2. ↑ Tadashige Habe & Sadao Kosuge (1965) Babylonia areolata In: Shells of the World in Colour Vol.II The Tropical Pacific. Hoikusha. 59 p., pl 21

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