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The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae)
Gittenberger, E.; Goud, J. (2003). The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Zool. Verh. 345: 151-162
In: Zoologische Verhandelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie Leiden: Leiden. ISSN 0024-1652, more
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Keywords
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Distribution
    Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Pleistocene
    Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
    Babylonia Schlüter, 1838 [WoRMS]; Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Gittenberger, E., more
  • Goud, J.

Abstract
    Taxonomic and biogeographic data on Babylonia and Zemiropsis, published after the 1981 monograph on Babylonia by Altena & Gittenberger, are summarized and new data are added. Babylonia and Zemiropsis are characterized and considered most closely related genera. Babylonia lani spec. nov. and Babylonia umbilifusca spec. nov. are introduced as new to science. Babylonia leonis Altena & Gittenberger, 1972, described from pliocene-pleistocene deposits, is reported as an extant species. The enigmatic "Babylonia" rosadoi is considered a Zemiropsis species on the basis of both shell morphology and distribution.

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