Basilissopsis rhyssa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
| 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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Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico,[1] in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- 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.