Genota

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 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 Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952Genota papalis
† Genota proavia Bellardi, 1877
† Genota pseudoelisae Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & C. M. Silva, 2013
† Genota ramosa
† Genota valeriae

;Species brought into synonymy:

† Genota lusitaniae Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001: synonym of † Genota bonnanii Bellardi, 1877 Genota marchadi : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952Genota marchandi Pin, 1996 : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952Genota mitraeformis : synonym of Genota mitriformis Genota nigeriensis Vera-Peláez, 2004 : synonym of Genota nicklesi Knudsen, 1952Genota vafra Sykes, 1905 : synonym of ''Genota mitriformis''