Basilissa (gastropod)

Basilissa is a genus of extremely small deep water sea snails. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae.^[1][2]

Basilissa
Basilissa superba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Seguenziidae
Subfamily:	Seguenziinae
Genus:	Basilissa Watson, 1879

Species

Species within the genus Basilissa include:^[1]

• Basilissa soyoae Okutani, 1964
• Basilissa superba Watson, 1879

The following species were brought into synonymy:^[1]

• Basilissa alta Watson, 1879 synonym of Hadroconus altus (Watson, 1879)
• Basilissa babelica Watson, 1907 synonym of Orectospira tectiformis (Watson, 1880)
• Basilissa bombax Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 synonym of Calliobasis bombax (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
• Basilissa costulata Watson, 1879 synonym of Ancistrobasis reticulata (Philippi, 1844)
• Basilissa discula (Dall, 1889): synonym of Fluxinella discula (Dall, 1889)
• Basilissa gelida Barnard, 1963: synonym of Fluxinella gelida (Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
• Basilissa lampra Watson, 1879 synonym of Rotellenzia lampra (Watson, 1879)
• Basilissa munda Watson, 1879 synonym of Asthelys munda (Watson, 1879)
• Basilissa niceterium Hedley & May, 1908 synonym of Carinastele niceterium (Hedley & May, 1908)
• Basilissa rhyssa Dall, 1927: synonym of Basilissopsis rhyssa (Dall, 1927)
• Basilissa sibogae Schepman, 1908 synonym of Hadroconus sibogae (Schepman, 1908)
• Basilissa simplex Watson, 1879 synonym of Asthelys simplex (Watson, 1879)
• Basilissa trochiformis (Schepman, 1909) synonym of Fluxinella trochiformis (Schepman, 1909)
• Basilissa watsoni Dall, 1927 synonym of Hadroconus watsoni (Dall, 1927)