巴比伦卷管螺

巴比倫捲管螺（学名：）是一個海螺的物種，一種屬於新腹足類支序的捲管螺科捲管螺屬的海洋腹足綱軟體動物。

分佈
本物種見於西太平洋海域，北起台湾、菲律賓、印度尼西亚、東帝汶、巴布亞新畿內亞到所羅門群島；以及印度洋的毛里求斯海岸與马斯克林群岛海盆。

棲息地
這些熱帶的腹足綱物種常棲息於潮下帶的岩石及砂質海底。

型態描述

The size of an adult shell varies between 63 mm and 100 mm.  The shell shows somewhat angular whorls, caused by the greater prominence of one of the revolving ribs. Its sculpture shows large revolving ribs, with intermediate raised lines. The color of the shell is whitish, with large dark brown or nearly black spots upon the ribs.

Biology
Embryos of Turris babylonia develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trocophore) and later into juvenile veligers. Adults feed on marine worms chased by means of their venom, similarly to the cone snails.

参考文献

延伸閱讀
 Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice 
 Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 103
 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
 Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58.

外部連結

 
 

babylonia