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Terebra babylonia Babylonian Auger

Terebra babyloniais commonly referred to as Babylonian Auger. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Terebra-babylonia-w-worm-k02-130707, Apparently eating an annelid worm., Kwajalein 2017


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lexID:
14594 
AphiaID:
208062 
Scientific:
Terebra babylonia 
German:
Babylonische Schraubenschnecke 
English:
Babylonian Auger 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Terebridae (Family) > Terebra (Genus) > babylonia (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lamarck, 1822 
Occurrence:
China, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania 
Sea depth:
2 - 200 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.15" (8 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Terebra achates
  • Terebra aciculina
  • Terebra acrior
  • Terebra alagoensis
  • Terebra alba
  • Terebra albocancellata
  • Terebra alisi
  • Terebra allyni
  • Terebra amanda
    Amandas Schraubenschnecke
  • Terebra arcas
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-12 16:07:19 

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Terebra babylonia Lamarck, 1822

Terebra babyloniaa belongs to the family Terebridae. The case of the family Terebridae is long, slender and smooth, operculum is horny. Its feed on Polychaete worms.

Synonymised names:
Dimidacus babylonia (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Terebra striata Gray, 1834 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 12.03.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.03.2022.

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Terebra-babylonia-jj-4172-092913, Kwajalein 2017
Terebra-babylonia-jj-4173-092913, Kwajalein 2017
Terebra-babylonia-w-worm-k02-130707, Apparently eating an annelid worm., Kwajalein 2017

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