Babylonia areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Babyloniidae.[1]

Babylonia areolata
Five views of a shell of Babylonia areolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Babyloniidae
Genus: Babylonia
Species:
B. areolata
Binomial name
Babylonia areolata
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Babylonia areolata f. austraoceanensis Lan, 1997
  • Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Goud, 2003
  • Babylonia magnifica Fraussen & Stratmann, 2005
  • Babylonia tessellata (Swainson, 1823)
  • Buccinum areolatum Link, 1807 (original combination)
  • Buccinum maculosum Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum maculosum Martyn, 1784)
  • Eburna chemnitziana Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Eburna tessellata Swainson, 1823

Description

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Fragrant snails with tamarind is a delicacy in Vietnam

Brown sections over a white shell.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from off Taiwan to the Indian Ocean.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475109 on 2015-09-21
  2. ^ Tadashige Habe & Sadao Kosuge (1965) Babylonia areolata In: Shells of the World in Colour Vol.II The Tropical Pacific. Hoikusha. 59 p., pl 21
  • 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.
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