Babylonia spirata

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
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811
  • Babylonia hongkongensis Lai & Guo, 2010
  • Babylonia spirata balinensis Cossignani, 2009
  • Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Buccinum spiratum var. alborubra Spalowsky, 1795
  • Eburna chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Eburna semipicta G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Nassa canaliculata Schumacher, 1817
  • Nassa molliana Chemnitz, 1780

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.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456742 on 2019-01-12
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456368 on 2021-09-20
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