Basilissopsis watsoni

Basilissopsis watsoni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

Basilissopsis watsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Seguenziidae
Genus:
Basilissopsis
Species:
B. watsoni
Binomial name
Basilissopsis watsoni

Description

The height of the nacreous shell attains 2 mm. The shell has labral sinuses.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References
  1. Basilissopsis watsoni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  2. James F. Quinn Jr., (1991), Systematic Position of Basilissopsis and Guttula, and a Discussion of the Phylogeny of the Seguenzioidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 49, Numbers 1-2, September 1991 , pp. 575–598(24)


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