Babyloniidae () |
4.94 cm SHH (male/unsexed) |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 60 m |
Indo-West Pacific. |
Characterized by broad, ovately conical and moderately short shell; spire prominent and pointed; sutural canal conspicuous, wide and deep with angulate keel-like shoulder; body whorl somewhat flattened between the shoulder and above the periphery; aperture about half of shell height; umbilicus varying from wide open to completely closed. Ground colour white; blotches of varying shapes and sizes that are generally arranged in spiral bands, ranging from pinkish-orange to dark brown; periostracum thin, brown. |
Maximum depth from Ref. 799. Found on mud, fine sand and shell substrates (Refs. 3204, 126558). Also found amongst seagrass bed during the evening low spring tide (Ref. 126558). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
Known from eastern India (Ref. 3204). C: Ref. 3204. |
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