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Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

456742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456742)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Babylonia Schlüter, 1838

Original name

Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811 · unaccepted

Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) · unaccepted

Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Buccinum spiratum var. alborubra Spalowsky, 1795 · unaccepted

Eburna chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted

Nassa canaliculata Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Nassa molliana Chemnitz, 1780 · unaccepted (Unavailable name: published in...)

Unavailable name: published in non-binominal work

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Subspecies Babylonia spirata balinensis T. Cossignani, 2009 accepted as Babylonia semipicta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Babylonia spirata f. chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456742 on 2025-03-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-02-12 10:22:58Z

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2010-05-06 13:19:49Z

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2010-12-07 20:50:28Z

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Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ancilla pallida Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Buccinum spiratum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Eburna chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842-1887). Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells. London, privately published: Vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887]. Publication dates after Petit (2009). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54562 [details]

original description (of Nassa canaliculata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 224. [details]

original description (of Buccinum spiratum var. alborubra Spalowsky, 1795) Spalowsky, J. J. N. A. (1795). Prodromus in systema historicum testaceorum. Vorschmack einer vollständigen systematischen Geschichte der Schalthiergehäuse, Wien, printed by Ignaz Alberti's Wittwe. iv, 88 pp., pls 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40430140
page(s): 39, pl. 6 fig. 4 [details]

basis of record 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. [details]

Taxonomy

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. Zoologica Scripta. preprint available online., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12694 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Regteren Altena, C. O. van & Gittenberger, E. (1981). The genus Babylonia (Prosobranchia: Buccinidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 188. Zoologische Verhandelingen 188. 1-57, pls 1-11., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/155429
page(s): 34 [details]