Basilissopsis rhyssa

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Basilissopsis rhyssa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Seguenziidae
Genus: Basilissopsis
Species:
B. rhyssa
Binomial name
Basilissopsis rhyssa
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Basilissa (Ancistrobasis) rhyssa Dall, 1927 (original combination)

Basilissopsis rhyssa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Seguenziidae. [1]

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Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, [1] in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Basilissopsis rhyssa (Dall, 1927)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. Quinn, James F. Jr. (1991). "Systematic position of Basilissopsis and Guttula, and a discussion of the phylogeny of the Seguenzioidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 49 (1–2): 575–598.