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.

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