Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Incertae sedis
Familia: Babyloniidae
Genera (2): Babylonia – Zemiropsis
Name
Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Synonyms
Eburninae Swainson, 1840
Latrunculinae Cossmann, 1901
References
Links
Babyloniidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. [1]
Nomenclature
Three family-group names are older than Babyloniidae. Swainson based his concept of Eburninae on species of Babylonia, but he misidentified Eburna, the type species of which belongs to the family Olividae; under Art. 41 of the Code, the case should be resolved by the ICZN. Dipsaccinae and Latrunculinae are based on junior synonyms of Babylonia, none of which has been used in recent decades. However, Latrunculus has sporadically been used as valid shortly after 1899 (e.g. by Cossmann 1901 when he established the subfamily name), so that Babyloniidae cannot be protected automatically under ICZN Art. 23.9 (Reversal of precedence). The case has to be submitted to the ICZN to conserve the name Babyloniidae. [Bouchet & Rocroi 2005]
Genera and species
Genera and species within the Babyloniidae are as follows:
Babylonia F. Schlüter, 1838
Zemiropsis Thiele, 1929
Genera brought into synonymy
Galanthis Gistel, 1848: synonym of Babylonia Schlüter, 1838
Latrunculus Gray, 1847: synonym of Babylonia Schlüter, 1838
Peridipsaccus Rovereto, 1900: synonym of Babylonia Schlüter, 1838
Enemies
The Babyloniidae are enemies with the common snail and are aggressive with them to the extent of breaking their shells and eating them.
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411790 on 2020-06-05
Kuroda, T., Habe, T. & Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Maruzen Co. pp. 1–489.
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526.
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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