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
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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]
Species within the genus Genota include: