Genota

Genota
	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
	Genotia P. Fischer, 1883 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Genota); 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

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 mitriformis (Wood W., 1828)
Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952
Genota papalis (Reeve, 1843)
† Genota ramosa (Basterot, 1825)

Species brought into synonymy

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

^ ^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
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (p. 154)

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
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

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.
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

[WoRMS-1] 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)

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