Basilissa (gastropod)

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Basilissa
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Basilissa superba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Basilissa
Watson, 1879

Basilissa is a genus of extremely small deep water sea snails. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae. [1] [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Basilissa (gastropod) include: [1]


The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2013). Basilissa R. B. Watson, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467446 on 2013-06-09
  2. Marshall B.A. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109.