| Genota papalis | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Genota |
| Species: | G. papalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Genota papalis (Reeve, 1843) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Genota papalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 55 mm. The shoulder somewhat flatter than in Genota mitriformis . The nodules are more distinct, as are the longitudinal lines or folds. The revolving sculpture is scarcely decussating them and sometimes becomes obsolete. The shell is sometimes indistinctly banded. [2]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off tropical West Africa, Guinea, Senegal.
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