| Basilissopsis watsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Genus: | Basilissopsis |
| Species: | B. watsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Basilissopsis watsoni Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 | |
Basilissopsis watsoni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Seguenziidae. [1]
The height of the nacreous shell attains 2 mm. The shell has labral sinuses. [2]
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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
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