Calliobasis bilix

Calliobasis bilix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Genus: Calliobasis
Species: C. bilix
Binomial name
Calliobasis bilix
(Hedley, 1905) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Astele bilix Hedley, 1905

Calliobasis bilix, common name the balanced top shell, is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm.

References

  1. Hedley, C. 1905: Mollusca from one hundred and eleven fathoms, east of Cape Byron, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 6(2) : 41 - 54.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2013). Calliobasis bilix (Hedley, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492397 on 2013-06-10
External identifiers for Calliobasis bilix
Encyclopedia of Life 4793869
WoRMS 492397


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