Calliobasis

Calliobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Seguenziidae
Subfamily: Seguenziinae
Tribe: Fluxinellini
Genus: Calliobasis
B.A. Marshall, 1983
Type species
Basilissa bombax Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Calliobasis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae.[1]

The name Calliobasis was formed from the Ancient Greek words kallion (= more beautiful) and basis (= pedestal). Its gender is feminine.

Species

Species within the genus Calliobasis include:

References

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