MolluscaBase taxon details
Orectospira babelica (Dall, 1907)
595452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595452)
accepted
Species
Basilissa (Orectospira) babelica Dall, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
recent + fossil
(of Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907) 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 [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Orectospira babelica (Dall, 1907). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595452 on 2025-09-11
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(of Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907) 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]
additional source Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 11, fig. 4. [details]
additional source Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]
additional source Ikeya, N., Hirano, H. & Ogasawara, K. (2002). The database of Japanese fossil type specimens described during the 20th Century (Part 2). <em>Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers.</em> 40: 1-568., available online at https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType
page(s): p. 451. [details]
additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (2002). Book Review. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollsuca of Japan. <em>Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Osaka.</em> Type Figures. 208 pp ISBN 4”901172-02-6 in Venus. [details] Available for editors
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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]
new combination reference MacNeil, F. S. (1961 ["1960"]). Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. <em>U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 339: 1-148, plates 1-19.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 168 [details]
additional source Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 11, fig. 4. [details]
additional source Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]
additional source Ikeya, N., Hirano, H. & Ogasawara, K. (2002). The database of Japanese fossil type specimens described during the 20th Century (Part 2). <em>Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers.</em> 40: 1-568., available online at https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType
page(s): p. 451. [details]
additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (2002). Book Review. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollsuca of Japan. <em>Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Osaka.</em> Type Figures. 208 pp ISBN 4”901172-02-6 in Venus. [details] Available for editors

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]
new combination reference MacNeil, F. S. (1961 ["1960"]). Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. <em>U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 339: 1-148, plates 1-19.
page(s): p. 24, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details] Available for editors





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