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Babyloniidae
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411790 on 2020-06-05 Nomenclature Three family-group names are older than Babyloniidae. Swainson based his concept of Eburninae on species of Babylonia, but he misidentified ''Eburna'', the type species of which belongs to the family Olividae; under Art. 41 of the Code, the case should be resolved by the ICZN. Dipsaccinae and Latrunculinae are based on junior synonyms of ''Babylonia'', none of which has been used in recent decades. However, ''Latrunculus'' has sporadically been used as valid shortly after 1899 (e.g. by Cossmann 1901 when he established the subfamily name), so that Babyloniidae cannot be protected automatically under ICZN Art. 23.9 (Revers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babyloniidae
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411790 on 2020-06-05 Nomenclature Three family-group names are older than Babyloniidae. Swainson based his concept of Eburninae on species of Babylonia, but he misidentified ''Eburna'', the type species of which belongs to the family Olividae; under Art. 41 of the Code, the case should be resolved by the ICZN. Dipsaccinae and Latrunculinae are based on junior synonyms of ''Babylonia'', none of which has been used in recent decades. However, ''Latrunculus'' has sporadically been used as valid shortly after 1899 (e.g. by Cossmann 1901 when he established the subfamily name), so that Babyloniidae cannot be protected automatically under ICZN Art. 23.9 (Revers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemiropsis Papillaris
''Zemiropsis papillaris'', common name : the spotted , is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae. Description The spotted babylon has a plump shell, which varies in size between 33 mm and 50 mm. The shell has a smooth surface and is white with reddish-brown spots in an indistinct lattice pattern. The foot is spotted with vivid red.Kilburn R. & Rippey E. 1982. ''Sea Shells of Southern Africa'' Macmillan Distribution This species is only found off the South African coast from False Bay to the eastern Transkei in 15-65m under water. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ... to this area. References * Dekker (2008). Gloria Maris 46 (4–5) : 106–112 External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zemiropsis Papillari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemiropsis
''Zemiropsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae. Species Species within the genus ''Zemiropsis'' include: * '' Zemiropsis demertziae'' Fraussen & Rosado, 2013 * ''Zemiropsis papillaris'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) * '' Zemiropsis pintado'' (Kilburn, 1971) * '' Zemiropsis pulchrelineata'' (Kilburn, 1973) * '' Zemiropsis rosadoi'' (Bozzetti, 1998) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Zemiropsis joostei'' Dekker, 2008: synonym of ''Zemiropsis papillaris ''Zemiropsis papillaris'', common name : the spotted , is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae. Description The spotted babylon has a plump shell, which varies in size between 33 mm and 50 m ...'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) References * Gittenberger E. & Uit de Weerd D.R. (2005). "''Babylonia'' and ''Zemiropsis'' (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Babyloniidae), anatomy, shell morphology, distribution and DNA". ''Journal of Conchology'' 38( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylonia (gastropod)
''Babylonia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Babylonia'': * '' Babylonia ambulacrum'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) * '' Babylonia areolata'' (Link, 1807) * '' Babylonia borneensis'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1864) * '' Babylonia feicheni'' Shikama, 1973 * '' Babylonia formosae'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) * '' Babylonia japonica'' (Reeve, 1842) * '' Babylonia kirana'' Habe, 1965 * † '' Babylonia leonis'' van Regteren Altena & Gittenberger, 1972 * '' Babylonia lutosa'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Babylonia perforata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) * '' Babylonia pieroangelai'' Cossignani, 2008 * '' Babylonia spirata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Babylonia umbilifusca'' Gittenberger & Goud, 2003 * '' Babylonia valentiana'' (Swainson, 1822) * '' Babylonia zeylanica'' (Bruguière, 1789) The following species were brought into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylonia Spirata
''Babylonia spirata'', common name the Spiral Babylon, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Babyloniidae Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World R ....MolluscaBase (2018). ''Babylonia spirata'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456742 on 2019-01-12 It is the type species of the genus ''Babylonia''.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. ''Babylonia'' Schlüter, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456368 on 2021-09-20 ''Babylonia spirata'' is similar in appearance to '' B. zeylanica'', but the whorl of ''B. spirata'' has a raised shoulder resulting in a sort of channel aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Description The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Cretaceous origin of the group followed by two rapid diversification rounds in the late Cretaceous and the Paleocene. These sea snails only have one auricle, one kidney and one monopectinate gill, i.e. the gill filaments develop on only one side of the central axis. The shell has a well-developed siphonal canal. The elongated trunk-like siphon is an extensible tube, formed from a fold in the mantle. It is used to suck water into the mantle cavity. At the base of the siphon is the bipectinate (branching from a central axis) osphradium, a sensory receptacle and olfactory organ, that is more developed than the one in the Mesogastropoda. They achieved important morphological changes including e.g., the elongation of the siphonal canal, a shift i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain, kingdom, phylum (''division'' is sometimes used in botany in place of ''phylum''), class, order, family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, as he developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms. With advances in the theory, data and analytical technology of biological systematics, the Linnaean system has transformed into a system of modern biological classification intended to reflect the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predatory
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible shell. Definition Determining whether some gastropods should be called sea snails is not always easy. Some species that live in brackish water (such as certain neritids) can be listed as either freshwater snails or marine snails, and some species that live at or just above the high tide level (for example species in the genus '' Truncatella'') are sometimes considered to be sea snails and sometimes listed as land snails. Anatomy Sea snails are a very large group of animals and a very diverse one. Most snails that live in salt water respire using a gill or gills; a few species, though, have a lung, are intertidal, and are active only at low tide when they can move around in the air. These air-breathing species inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine (ocean)
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of Saline water, salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Water distribution on Earth, Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided."Ocean." ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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