Mud ivory whelk (Babylonia lutosa) is one of the most economically important seawater mollusks in China. However, currently, there is no report on the molecular markers related to the growth of Babylonia lutosa, which hinders the its genetic breeding with dominant growth traits. The present study was the first to sequence the transcriptomes of B. lutosa, and then searched for EST-SSR in the growth-related genes. Wild B. lutosa samples were collected from the Lianjiang River, Fujian Province of China. The RNA of gastropods and hepatopancreas tis...