Basilissopsis rhyssa

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

Basilissopsis rhyssa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

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, in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia.

References

  • 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.


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