Basilissopsis rhyssa
| Basilissopsis rhyssa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Genus: | Basilissopsis |
| Species: | B. rhyssa
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| Binomial name | |
| Basilissopsis rhyssa (Dall, 1927)
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Basilissopsis rhyssa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The height of the shell attains 2.1 mm. The shell is very similar to the shell of Basilissopsis watsoni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897. The shell is nacreous and the outer lip possesses posterior and basal labral sinuses.[2]
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia.
References[edit]
- ^ Basilissopsis rhyssa (Dall, 1927). 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)[permanent dead link]
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.