Babylonia formosae

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Babylonia formosae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Babyloniidae
Genus: Babylonia
Species:
B. formosae
Binomial name
Babylonia formosae
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Synonyms [1]
  • Babylonia formosae formosae(G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Eburna formosaeG. B. Sowerby II, 1866

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

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475112 on 2019-01-12
  2. Thompson, G. B., Wu, R. S. S. & Philips, D. J. H. (1982). A trawl survey of the benthos of Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel in 1978. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp745-760. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.