巴比伦卷管螺

巴比倫捲管螺（学名：Turris babylonia）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^[1][2][3][4]。

巴比伦卷管螺
一隻本物種的螺殼
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	軟體動物門 Mollusca
纲：	腹足纲 Gastropoda
演化支：	後生腹足類 Apogastropoda
亚纲：	新进腹足亚纲 Caenogastropoda
目：	新腹足目 Neogastropoda
总科：	芋螺總科 Conoidea
科：	捲管螺科 Turridae
亚科：	捲管螺亞科 Turrinae
属：	捲管螺屬 Turris
种：	巴比伦卷管螺 T. babylonia
二名法
Turris babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
異名[1]
Lophiotoma babylonia (Linnaeus, 1758) Murex babylonius Linne, 1758 Pleurotoma babylonia Linnaeus, 1758 Pleurotoma raffrayi Tapparone-Canefri, C.E., 1878 Turris assyria Olivera, Seronay & Fedosov, 2010 Turris imperfecti Röding, 1798 Turris nobilis Röding, 1798 Turris pulchra Röding, 1798 Turris tornatum Röding, 1798

分佈

本物種見於西太平洋海域，北起台湾^[2]、菲律賓^[5]、印度尼西亚^[2][6][5]、東帝汶、巴布亞新畿內亞到所羅門群島^[5]；以及印度洋的毛里求斯海岸與马斯克林群岛海盆^[7][8]。

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^[2][9][10]。

型態描述

A shell of Turris babylonia from Philippines

The size of an adult shell varies between 63 mm and 100 mm. ^[7] 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. ^[11]

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. ^[9][10]