Babylonia japonica
| Babylonia japonica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Babyloniidae |
| Genus: | Babylonia |
| Species: | B. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Babylonia japonica Reeve, 1842 | |
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Babylonia japonica, common name the Japanese Babylon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
References
- ↑ Babylonia japonica (Reeve, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2015.
- 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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