Genota
| Genota | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Genota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Murex mitriformis Wood W., 1828 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Genota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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:
- Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828)
- Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952
- Genota papalis (Reeve, 1843)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Genota marchadi [sic] : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952
- Genota marchandi Pin, 1996 : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952
- Genota mitraeformis (Kiener, 1839) : synonym of Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828)
- Genota nigeriensis Vera-Peláez, 2004 : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952
- Genota vafra Sykes, 1905 : synonym of Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828)
References
- 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
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (p. 154)
- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
- Ryall P., Horro J. & Rolán E. 2013. A revision of the genus Genota H. & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Borsonidae) from West Africa. Iberus, 31(2): 1-17.
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