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Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907
473006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473006)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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Dall, W.H. (1907). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly Buccinidae, from the dredgings of the U.S.S. "Albatross" during 1906, in the northwestern Pacific, Bering, Okhotsk, and Japanese Seas. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(2): 139-173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049029
page(s): 168 [details]
page(s): 168 [details]
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473006 on 2025-09-11
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Dall, W.H. (1907). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly Buccinidae, from the dredgings of the U.S.S. "Albatross" during 1906, in the northwestern Pacific, Bering, Okhotsk, and Japanese Seas. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(2): 139-173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049029
page(s): 168 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T.; Dance, S. P. (1982). Compendium of Seashells: A color guide to more than 4,200 of the world’s marine shells. E. P. Dutton, New York, 409 pp. [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): p. 77.; note: As synonym of "Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880)" [details]
page(s): 168 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T.; Dance, S. P. (1982). Compendium of Seashells: A color guide to more than 4,200 of the world’s marine shells. E. P. Dutton, New York, 409 pp. [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): p. 77.; note: As synonym of "Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880)" [details]
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