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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae 

Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Babylonia aereolata [sic]
   Babylonia spirata auct.
   Eburna spirata auct.
   Buccinum maculosum Röding, 1798
   Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)
   Eburna areolata (Link, 1807)
   Buccinum areolatum Link, 1807
   Ancilla maculata Perry, 1811
   Eburna tessellata Swainson, 1823
   Babylonia elata (Yokoyama, 1923)
   Eburna elata Yokoyama, 1923

Common Name

Ivory shell or hoi waan tuk, hoi kae (Th.) p.99      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  

Distribution

Altena & Gittenberger, 1981: "From Ceylon and the Nicobar Islands through the Gulf of Siam, along the Vietnamese and Chinese coasts to Taiwan."

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Gulf of Thailand
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Nicobar Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Honshu: Tokyo
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Thailand (E)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka

Keywords

depth: continental shelf       Altena, C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger, E. 1981. p. 18 
depth: subtidal       Altena, C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger, E. 1981. p. 18 
substrate: sand       Altena, C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger, E. 1981. p. 18 

References

 Altena, C. O. van Regteren & Gittenberger, E. 1981. p.16 General reference
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.99 [ distribution; description ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Buccinidae
                          Buccininae
                            Babylonia Schluter, 1838
                              Babylonia areolata (Link, 1807)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65046) created by benamy on 2002-02-26. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-09.