Species Basilissa superba Watson, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Basilissa superba Watson, R.B. 1879. Mollusca of the 'Challenger' Expedition. Part III. Trochidae, viz. the Genera Seguenzia, Basilissa, Gaza and Bembix. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 14: 586-605 [598].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea, New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [33]

Marshall, B.A. 1991. Mollusca Gastropoda: Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. pp. 41-109 in Crosnier, A. & Bouchet, P. (eds). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 150: 1-259 [77]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [111]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Sep-2014	SEGUENZIOIDEA	04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
		16-Aug-2011	MODIFIED