| Babylonia valentiana | |
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| Zoological Illustrations Volume III Plate 144 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Babylonia valentiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae. [1] [2]
Shell size 65-70 mm. Trawled at 80-100 m. depth.
Indian Ocean: off the coast of Somalia.
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