Basilissopsis watsoni
| 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 Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 | |
Basilissopsis watsoni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
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
- ↑ Basilissopsis watsoni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ↑ 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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