Genota
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| Genota | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Genota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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]
