Babylonia areolata

Babylonia areolata
	Five views of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Babyloniidae
Genus:	Babylonia
Species:	B. areolata
Binomial name
	Babylonia areolata; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	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 mollusc in the family Babyloniidae.^[1]

Description

Brown sections over a white shell.

This marine species occurs from off Taiwan to the Indian Ocean.^[2]

^ ^a ^b 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
^ Tadashige Habe & Sadao Kosuge (1965) Babylonia areolata In: Shells of the World in Colour Vol.II The Tropical Pacific. Hoikusha. 59 p., pl 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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