Basilissopsis watsoni

Basilissopsis watsoni
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 sea snail in the family Seguenziidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the nacreous shell attains 2 mm. The shell has labral sinuses.^[2]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores^[1] and NW Spain (Galicia Bank).^[3]

^ ^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 watsoni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897". 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.
^ Gofas, Serge; Luque, Ángel A.; Oliver, Joan Daniel; Templado, José; Serrano, Alberto (2021). "The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 785: 1–114. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.785.1605.

This Seguenziidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.