Babylonia areolata

Babylonia areolata

Five views of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Babyloniidae
Genus:	Babylonia
Species:	B. areolata
Binomial name
*Babylonia areolata* (Link, 1807)
Synonyms.^[1]
Babylonia areolata f. austraoceanensis Lan, 1997 Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003 Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005 Babylonia tessellata (Swainson, 1823) Buccinum areolatum Link, 1807 (original combination) Buccinum maculosum Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum maculosum Martyn, 1784) Eburna chemnitziana Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 Eburna tessellata Swainson, 1823

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

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475109 on 2015-09-21

Fraussen K. & Stratmann D. (2013) The family Babyloniidae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A conchological iconography. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 96 pp., pls 1-48.

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