Basilissopsis
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| Basilissopsis | |
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| Shell of Basilissopsis charcoti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Subfamily: | Seguenziinae |
| Genus: | Basilissopsis Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Basilissopsis watsoni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 | |
Basilissopsis is a genus of sea snails in the family Seguenziidae.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
