MolluscaBase taxon details
Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
475112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475112)
accepted
Species
Babylonia formosae formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Babylonia formosae formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Babylonia formosae habei van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1981 accepted as Babylonia habei van Regteren Altena & E. Gittenberger, 1981 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
(of Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Eburna</i>. Supplement. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum</i>, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (24-25): pl. 291. London, privately published.
page(s): pl. 291, figs 17-18 [details]
page(s): pl. 291, figs 17-18 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475112 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Eburna</i>. Supplement. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum</i>, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 3 (24-25): pl. 291. London, privately published.
page(s): pl. 291, figs 17-18 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Thompson, G. B., Wu, R. S. S. & Philips, D. J. H. (1982). A trawl survey of the benthos of Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel in 1978. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp745-760. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
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 Chiu, Y. W. ; Liu, L. L. (1994). Copulation and Egg-laying Behaviors in the Ivory Shell, Babylonia formosae formosae (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(1): 49 - 55. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Regteren Altena, C. O. van & Gittenberger, E. (1981). The genus <i>Babylonia</i> (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 188. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen 188.</em> 1-57, pls 1-11., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/155429
page(s): 22 [details]
status 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
[request]
page(s): pl. 291, figs 17-18 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Thompson, G. B., Wu, R. S. S. & Philips, D. J. H. (1982). A trawl survey of the benthos of Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel in 1978. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp745-760. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
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 Chiu, Y. W. ; Liu, L. L. (1994). Copulation and Egg-laying Behaviors in the Ivory Shell, Babylonia formosae formosae (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(1): 49 - 55. [details] Available for editors

additional source Regteren Altena, C. O. van & Gittenberger, E. (1981). The genus <i>Babylonia</i> (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 188. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen 188.</em> 1-57, pls 1-11., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/155429
page(s): 22 [details]
status 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





To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Babylonia formosae formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Babylonia formosae)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Babylonia formosae (G.B.Sowerby,1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Babylonia formosae formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Babylonia formosae)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Babylonia formosae (G.B.Sowerby,1866))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection