Babylonia spirata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Babyloniidae |
Genus: | Babylonia |
Species: | B. spirata |
Binomial name | |
Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Babylonia spirata, common name the Spiral Babylon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae. [1] It is the type species of the genus Babylonia. [2]
Babylonia spirata is similar in appearance to B. zeylanica , but the whorl of B. spirata has a raised shoulder resulting in a sort of channel around the spire.
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