WoRMS taxon details
Babylonia formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
475112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475112)
accepted
Species
Eburna formosae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Babylonia formosae formosae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- 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 superseded rank)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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475112 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
page(s): pl. 291, figs 17-18 [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]
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. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> preprint available online., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12694 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
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 [request]
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]
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
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
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 (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
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