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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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaGulf of Thailand
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChina
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaChinaHong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and NicobarNicobar Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaVietnam
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaTaiwan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapanHonshuTokyo
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaThailand (E)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri 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.