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Genota

Genota
Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Genotia P. 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]

Description

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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

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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)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  • Fontannes (F.), 1880 - Les Invertébrés du bassin tertiaire du Sud-Est de la France. Les Mollusques pliocènes de la vallée du Rhone et du Roussillon. Tome 1er: Gastéropodes des formations marines et saumatres. livraison 3, p. 169-258
  • 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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