Babylonia valentiana

Babylonia valentiana
Zoological Illustrations Volume III Plate 144
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Eburna molliana G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
  • Eburna valentiana Swainson, 1822

Babylonia valentiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae.[1][2]

Description

Shell size 65-70 mm. Trawled at 80-100 m. depth.

Distribution

Indian Ocean: off the coast of Somalia.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475122 on 2019-01-12
  2. ^ Yan Y.-X. [Yu-Xian] [= Yen Yu Hsiu] (2012) Unveiling contradictions in the taxonomy of some gastropod shells. Pei-Yo 38: 16-34. [in Chinese]


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