Babylonia (gastropod)
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Babylonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Babylonia:[3]
- Babylonia ambulacrum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Babylonia angusta Altena & Gittenberger, 1981 (species inquirenda)
- Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Babylonia borneensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1864)
- Babylonia feicheni Shikama, 1973
- Babylonia formosae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842)
- Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
- Babylonia leonis Altena & Gittenberger, 1972
- Babylonia lutosa (Lamarck, 1819)
- Babylonia perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Babylonia perforata perforata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008
- Babylonia pintado f. millepunctata (Turton, 1932)
- Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia spirata f. semipicta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Babylonia umbilifusca Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003[4]
- Babylonia valentiana (Chemnitz, 1780)
- Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguière, 1789)
Species within the genus Babylonia that have become synonyms:
- Babylonia habei Altena & Gittenberger, 1981: synonym of Babylonia formosae habei Altena & Gittenberger, 1981
- Babylonia hongkongensis Lai & Guo, 2010: synonym of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003: synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005:[5] synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Babylonia pallida Kira, 1959: synonym of Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
- Babylonia pallida Hirase, 1934: synonym of Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965
- Babylonia papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) is a synonym of Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)* Babylonia perforata pieroangelai Cossigniani, 2008 - synonym: Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008[6]
- Babylonia pintado Kilburn, 1971 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pintado (Kilburn, 1971)
- Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973 is a synonym of Zemiropsis pulchrelineata (Kilburn, 1973)
- Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998[7] is a synonym of Zemiropsis rosadoi (Bozzetti, 1998)
- Babylonia tesselata (Swainson, 1823) - synonym of Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
References
- ^ Schlüter (1838). Kurzg. syst. Verz. Conch., 18.
- ^ a b Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ WoRMS : Babylonia; accessed : 29 December 2010
- ^ Babylonia umbilifusca Gittenberger E. & Goud, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Babylonia pieroangelai Cossignani, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babylonia (genus).
- Altena C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger E. (1981). "The genus Babylonia (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 188: 1-57, + 11 pls. PDF.
- Gittenberger E. & Goud J. (2003). "The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 345: 151-162. PDF