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

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.

Species

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
  • † 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
  • 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)
  • 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

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:.