Genota
Genus of gastropods
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Genota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Genota | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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:
- † Genota bonnanii Bellardi, 1877
- † Genota craverii Bellardi, 1877
- † Genota domenechae Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001
- † Genota gonzalesi Shuto, 1969
- Genota joleaudi Stchepinsky, 1936 [3]
- † Genota jogjacartensis K. Martin, 1914
- † Genota maximei Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018
- † Genota mayeri Bellardi, 1877
- Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828)
- Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952[4]
- Genota papalis (Reeve, 1843)
- † Genota proavia Bellardi, 1877
- † Genota pseudoelisae Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & C. M. Silva, 2013
- † Genota ramosa (Basterot, 1825)
- † Genota valeriae (Hoernes & Auinger, 1891)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Genota lusitaniae Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001: synonym of † Genota bonnanii Bellardi, 1877 (junior subjective synonym)
- 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)
