WoRMS taxon details
Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
435126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435126)
accepted
Species
Lophiotoma babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Turris imperfecti Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Turris nobilis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Turris pulchra Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Turris tornatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
marine
(of Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435126 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010) Olivera B.M., Seronay R.A. & Fedosov A.E. (2010) <i>Turris babylonia</i>; re-evaluation of a species complex and description of <i>Turris assyria</i>, new species. <i>Philippine Science Letters</i> 3:46-58. , available online at https://doi.org/10.54645/pble65442 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turris imperfecti Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris nobilis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris pulchra Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris tornatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3244.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90: eyae032: 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae032
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010) Olivera B.M., Seronay R.A. & Fedosov A.E. (2010) <i>Turris babylonia</i>; re-evaluation of a species complex and description of <i>Turris assyria</i>, new species. <i>Philippine Science Letters</i> 3:46-58. , available online at https://doi.org/10.54645/pble65442 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Turris imperfecti Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris nobilis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris pulchra Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Turris tornatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus <i>Turris</i> Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3244: 1-58. [22 March 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3244.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 90: eyae032: 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae032
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 103 [details]
page(s): 103 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Babylon turrid | [details] |
| German | Babylon-Turmschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ハデクダマキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Turris nobilis Röding, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turris assyria) (from synonym Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turris babylonia)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010)
To Malacopics (Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Fl...
To The Linnean Society of London: A-F 0020030 Murex babylonius (Shells Linn) (from synonym Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Turris nobilis Röding, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turris assyria) (from synonym Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turris babylonia)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Turris assyria B. M. Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010)
To Malacopics (Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Fl...
To The Linnean Society of London: A-F 0020030 Murex babylonius (Shells Linn) (from synonym Murex babylonius Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
