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Odostomia babylonica Winckworth, 1940
820782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820782)
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Winckworth, R. (1940). New species of shells from Madras. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 24: 41-43. [details] Available for editors
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Homonymy Subba Rao (2003) used this name to denote a valid Indian species. However, Odostomia babylonica Winckworth, 1940 is...
Homonymy Subba Rao (2003) used this name to denote a valid Indian species. However, Odostomia babylonica Winckworth, 1940 is threatened by its senior homonym Odostomia (Scalenostoma) babylonica Bartsch, 1912. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Odostomia babylonica Winckworth, 1940. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820782 on 2025-09-11
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Winckworth, R. (1940). New species of shells from Madras. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 24: 41-43. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Subba Rao, N. V. (2003). Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occassional Paper.</em> 192: x + 416 pp., 96 pls. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Subba Rao, N. V. (2003). Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occassional Paper.</em> 192: x + 416 pp., 96 pls. [details] Available for editors





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Homonymy Subba Rao (2003) used this name to denote a valid Indian species. However, Odostomia babylonica Winckworth, 1940 is threatened by its senior homonym Odostomia (Scalenostoma) babylonica Bartsch, 1912. [details]