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Babylonia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Babylonia was named by Schlüter (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Babyloniidae by Titova (1994); to Buccinidae by Oostingh (1935), Mukerjee (1939), Wienrich (2001), Harzhauser (2002); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Babylonia Schlüter
1935Babylonia Oostingh p. 82
1939Babylonia Mukerjee p. 56
1994Babylonia Titova p. 322
2001Babylonia Wienrich p. 483
2002Babylonia Harzhauser p. 100
2002Babylonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBabyloniaSchlüter 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Babylonia Schlüter 1838
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Subg. Babylonia (Peridipsaccus) Rovereto 1900
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Babylonia japonica Reeve 1842
†Babylonia kozaiensis Nomura 1939
†Babylonia pangkaensis Martin 1895
†Babylonia spirata Linnaeus 1758
Babylonia zeylanica Lamarck 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania B. corona (101972 102021 102023)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary B. eburnoides (8211)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary B. eburnoides (8338)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan B. kozaiensis (173083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) B. brugadina (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India B. pangakensis, B. zeylonia (72083) B. pangkaensis (76573) B. zeylanica, B. pangkaensis (76574)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria B. eburnoides (77624)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria B. eburnoides (77403) B. euburnoides (65161)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany B. brugadina (111599)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) B. kozaiensis (176560)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy B. eburnoides (178114)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan B. kozaiensis (44960)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia B. spirata (70163 70175 70178 70180 70185)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan B. kozaiensis (70302)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece B. brugadina (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece B. brugadina (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Eburna spirata (77134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Shizuoka) B. elata (51547)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan B. sp. B (77295) B. sp., B. spirata (55398 55399)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia B. pangkaensis (84523)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India B. occlusa, B. spirata (77658)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Eburna spirata (72093 72096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) B. elata (170023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan B. lamarckii (96258)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan B. japonica (96970 97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan B. japonica (97961) Latrunculus japonicus (96943 96945)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Akita) B. japonica (56380)