Babylonia spirata

Babylonia spirata
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
	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, 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.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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
^ 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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[WoRMS-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

[WoRMS2-2] 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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