''Genota'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Borsoniidae
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.
[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
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
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gradually tapers to a but slightly developed
siphonal canal
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. The sinus of the
lip is wide and shallow. The
aperture is long and narrow with subparallel margins. The
operculum is unguiculate.
Species
Species within the genus ''Genota'' include:
* † ''
Genota bonnanii''
Bellardi, 1877
* † ''
Genota craverii''
Bellardi, 1877
* † ''
Genota domenechae''
Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001
* † ''
Genota gonzalesi
''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.marinespec ...
''
Shuto, 1969
* ''
Genota joleaudi''
Stchepinsky, 1936 MNHN, Paris: Genota joleaudi
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* † '' Genota jogjacartensis'' K. Martin, 1914
* † '' Genota maximei'' Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018
* † '' Genota mayeri'' Bellardi, 1877
* '' Genota mitriformis'' (Wood W., 1828)
* '' Genota nicklesi'' Knudsen, 1952Reeve
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, 1843)
* † ''Genota proavia
''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.marinespec ...
'' Bellardi, 1877
* † ''Genota pseudoelisae
''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.marinespec ...
'' Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & C. M. Silva, 2013
* † '' Genota ramosa'' (Basterot, 1825)
* † ''Genota valeriae
''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.marinespec ...
'' (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'' ic: 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
* 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.
External links
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst.
Cossmann, M. (1896). ''Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Deuxième livraison''. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 179 pp., 8 pls.
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Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
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Gastropod genera