Turris babylonia
creator: Tucker, John
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 2026-08-03
created: 2009-12-02T10:46:51Z
modified: 2010-10-01T23:22:21Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Gastropoda
family: Turridae
genus: Turris
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Olivera B.M., Seronay R.A. & Fedosov A.E. (2010) Turris babylonia; re-evaluation of a species complex and description of Turris assyria, new species. Philippine Science Letters 3:46-58.
name published in: 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.
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 2010
name published in year: 1798
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 153926
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: babylonia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted