Babylonia formosae, Formosan babylon

Babylonia formosae   (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)

Formosan babylon
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Neogastropoda | Babyloniidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

.  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 5.1 cm SHL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 360)

Short description Morfologi

Shell: thin, light but not very fragile, spire, moderately high, elongated oval in appearance, convex whorls, with markedly caniculated suture; swelling at the base of the shell around the umbilicus; oval aperture has a tapered outer lip and an inner lip that has a callus confined to the posterior half, which covers part of the ventral surface of the last whorl; no sculpture, smooth and glossy surface; cream-colored base, darkish-brown spots in spiral rows arranged as axially broken bands; thin dark-brown periostracum covers the surface; operculum is horny, light chestnut with an apical nucleus. Body: well-developed foot, head has two tentacles with an eye at the base of each and one long retractile proboscis; mantle has a very long siphon; mantle cavity contains the gill, osphradium and in males the penis, behind the right tentacle; radula is rachioglossan.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. Also Ref. 833.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Sabelli, B. and H.S. Feinberg (eds.) 1879 Simon and Schuster's Guide to Shells. Simon and Schuster's Inc. New York. 512 pp. (Ref. 360)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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