''Calliobasis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Seguenziidae
Seguenziidae is a family (biology), family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastr ...
.
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:
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Calliobasis bilix''
( Hedley, 1905)
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Calliobasis bombax''
(Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
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Calliobasis chlorosa''
Marshall, 1983
* † ''
Calliobasis eos''
B. A. Marshall, 1983
*''
Calliobasis festiva''
Marshall, 1991
*''
Calliobasis gemmata''
Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
*''
Calliobasis lapulapui''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
*''
Calliobasis magellani''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
*''
Calliobasis merista''
Marshall, 1991
*''
Calliobasis miranda''
Marshall, 1983
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Calliobasis nepticula''
Marshall, 1991
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Calliobasis phimosa''
Marshall, 1991
*''
Calliobasis spectrum''
Marshall, 1991
References
*Marshall B.A. (1991). ''Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom'', vol. 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109.
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