Babylonia valentiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae.[1][2]
| Babylonia valentiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Babyloniidae |
| Genus: | Babylonia |
| Species: | B. valentiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822)
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Description
editShell size 65-70 mm. Trawled at 80-100 m. depth.
Distribution
editIndian Ocean: off the coast of Somalia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Babylonia valentiana (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475122 on 2019-01-12
- ^ Yan Y.-X. [Yu-Xian] [= Yen Yu Hsiu] (2012) Unveiling contradictions in the taxonomy of some gastropod shells. Pei-Yo 38: 16-34. [in Chinese]