Genota

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Genota
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Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Genota
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Murex mitriformis
Wood W., 1828
Synonyms [1]
  • GenotiaP. Fischer, 1883 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Genota)
  • Genotia (Genotia)P. Fischer, 1883
  • Pleurotoma (Genota)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Turris (Genota)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank as subgenus)

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

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Description

The shell is narrowly obconic and cancellated. The body whorl gradually tapers to a but slightly developed siphonal canal. The sinus of the lip is wide and shallow. The aperture is long and narrow with subparallel margins. The operculum is unguiculate. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Genota include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Genota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225379 on 2016-03-09
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (p. 154)
  3. ↑ MNHN, Paris: Genota joleaudi
  4. ↑ Knudsen, J. (1952). "Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Atlantide Expedition, 1945–46". ' Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn. 114: 129–185, 1 fig. 12pl.
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