Babylon turrid
Turris babylonia
- Usual depth4–46 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
About this species
Turris babylonia, common name: the Babylon turrid or tower turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Turris babylonia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–46 m · Deepest record: 46 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Babylon turrid
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Babylon-Turmschnecke
- Japanese
- ハデクダマキ
- Simplified Chinese
- 巴比倫捲管螺
Other scientific names: Lophiotoma babylonia, Murex babylonius, Turris assyria, Turris imperfecti, Turris nobilis, Turris pulchra, Turris tornatum
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 75 open-data records from 1956 to 1984.
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