Basilissopsis
Sign in to saveBasilissopsis is a genus of sea snails in the family Seguenziidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderSeguenziida
- FamilySeguenziidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- Family
- Seguenziidae
- Collections
- MNHN
- Recorded in
- Iles De La Societe
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- Parent taxon
- Seguenziidae
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- Basilissopsis oxytropis 001.jpg
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Basilissopsis is a genus of sea snails in the family Seguenziidae.
In 1897 Dautzenberg and Fischer created this new genus for their specimen of Basilissopsis watsoni, based on the shell characteristics of discolored specimens that were non-nacreous and lacked labral sinuses. This was however contradicted later by the discovery of other species in this genus that possess nacre and labral sinuses. This puts this genus in the family Seguenziidae.
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