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Babylonia Schlüter, 1838
456368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456368)
accepted
Genus
Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Babylonia (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto, 1900 · unaccepted
Eburna (Babylonia) Schlüter, 1838 · unaccepted
Galanthis Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted
Latrunculus Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Latrunculus (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto, 1900 · unaccepted
Peridipsaccus Rovereto, 1900 · unaccepted
- Species Babylonia ambulacrum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Babylonia archambaulti (S. Meunier, 1880) †
- Species Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Species Babylonia bengalensis Gra-tes, 2025
- Species Babylonia bistriata (Salvan, 1955) †
- Species Babylonia borneensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1864)
- Species Babylonia brugadina (Grateloup, 1845) †
- Species Babylonia chattica Lozouet, 2021 †
- Species Babylonia edigittenbergeri Raven, 2021 †
- Species Babylonia elata (Yokoyama, 1923) †
- Species Babylonia feicheni Shikama, 1973
- Species Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Species Babylonia gracilis (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Babylonia habei van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1981
- Species Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Babylonia kirana T. Habe, 1965
- Species Babylonia leonis van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1972 †
- Species Babylonia lutosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Babylonia luzonensis van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1981 †
- Species Babylonia occlusa (Cossmann, 1903) †
- Species Babylonia pangkaensis (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Babylonia perforata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Species Babylonia pieroangelai T. Cossignani, 2008
- Species Babylonia sarawakiana Raven, 2021 †
- Species Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Babylonia umbilifusca E. Gittenberger & Goud, 2003
- Species Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822)
- Species Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguière, 1789)
- Subgenus Babylonia (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto, 1900 accepted as Babylonia Schlüter, 1838
- Species Babylonia hongkongensis P. C. Lai & S.-J. Guo, 2010 accepted as Babylonia semipicta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Babylonia lani E. Gittenberger & Goud, 2003 accepted as Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Species Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005 accepted as Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Species Babylonia pallida Kira, 1959 accepted as Babylonia kirana T. Habe, 1965 (Invalid: junior homonym of B. pallida Hirase, 1934, and junior secondary homonym of Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811; Babylonia kirana is a replacement name)
- Species Babylonia pallida S. Hirase, 1934 accepted as Babylonia kirana T. Habe, 1965 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811)
- Species Babylonia papillaris (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Zemiropsis papillaris (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Babylonia pintado Kilburn, 1971 accepted as Zemiropsis pintado (Kilburn, 1971) (original combination)
- Species Babylonia pulchrelineata Kilburn, 1973 accepted as Zemiropsis pulchrelineata (Kilburn, 1973) (original combination)
- Species Babylonia rosadoi Bozzetti, 1998 accepted as Zemiropsis rosadoi (Bozzetti, 1998) (original combination)
- Species Babylonia rubroaurantiaca T. Cossignani, 2023 accepted as Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Babylonia semipicta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Babylonia tessellata (Swainson, 1823) accepted as Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
- Species Babylonia angusta van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11544080
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Babylonia Schlüter, 1838. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456368 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11544080
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Latrunculus Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Latrunculus (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto, 1900) Rovereto, G. (1900). Illustrazione dei molluschi fossili tongriani posseduti dal Museo Geologico della R. Universita' di Genova. <em>Atti della R. Universita' di Genova.</em> 15: 1–210, 1-9 pls.
page(s): 168 [details]
original description (of Galanthis Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 170 [details]
taxonomy source Yen, Y.-H. [Yu-Hsiu]; Joseph, J.; Liu, S.-Y. [Shang-Yin Vanson]. (2024). Delimiting species boundaries within the Babyloniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) using multi-locus phylogenetic analysis. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 54(1): 17-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12694 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Fraussen K. & Stratmann D. (2013) <i>The family Babyloniidae</i>. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A conchological iconography. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 96 pp., pls 1-48. [details]
additional source Gittenberger E. & Goud J. (2003). The genus <i>Babylonia</i> revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 151-162., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46832 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Latrunculus Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Latrunculus (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto, 1900) Rovereto, G. (1900). Illustrazione dei molluschi fossili tongriani posseduti dal Museo Geologico della R. Universita' di Genova. <em>Atti della R. Universita' di Genova.</em> 15: 1–210, 1-9 pls.
page(s): 168 [details]
original description (of Galanthis Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 170 [details]
taxonomy source Yen, Y.-H. [Yu-Hsiu]; Joseph, J.; Liu, S.-Y. [Shang-Yin Vanson]. (2024). Delimiting species boundaries within the Babyloniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) using multi-locus phylogenetic analysis. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 54(1): 17-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12694 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Fraussen K. & Stratmann D. (2013) <i>The family Babyloniidae</i>. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A conchological iconography. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 96 pp., pls 1-48. [details]
additional source Gittenberger E. & Goud J. (2003). The genus <i>Babylonia</i> revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 151-162., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46832 [details] Available for editors




