''Babylonia areolata'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Babyloniidae Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World R ...

.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

Description

Brown sections over a white shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from off

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to the

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.Tadashige Habe & Sadao Kosuge (1965) ''Babylonia areolata'' In: Shells of the World in Colour Vol.II The Tropical Pacific. Hoikusha. 59 p., pl 21

References

* 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.

External links

Babyloniidae Gastropods described in 1807 {{Babyloniidae-stub