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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: SEGUENZIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Seguenziinae (Subfamily)
> Basilissopsis (Genus)
> regina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ancistrobasis regina B.A. Marshall, 1983
Images: Basilissopsis regina (B.A. Marshall, 1983)
Holotype of Ancistrobasis reinga, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.074653). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SEGUENZIIDAE: SEGUENZIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Seguenziidae (Family)
> Seguenziinae (Subfamily)
> Basilissopsis (Genus)
> regina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ancistrobasis regina B.A. Marshall, 1983
Details: Basilissopsis regina (B.A. Marshall, 1983)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.4mm, Height 1.7mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and South Cavalli Seamount, from 622-850m
Type Data:
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Ancistrobasis regina B.A. Marshall, 1983)
  • 620 metres, Three Kings Trough, N of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 710 metres, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1991 Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 7, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 150 (p.60)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1983 Recent and Tertiary Seguenziidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 10(3) (p.253) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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