Genota

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Genota papalis 001.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Genota papalis

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| taxon = Genota

| authority = H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

| type_species = Murex mitriformis

| type_species_authority = Wood W., 1828

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  • 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)

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Genota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.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

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.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] (p. 154)

Species

Species within the genus Genota include:

;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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  • 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.