Genota nicklesi

Genota nicklesi
Apertural view of a shell of Genota nicklesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Genota
Species: G. nicklesi
Binomial name
Genota nicklesi
Knudsen, 1952
Synonyms[1]
  • Genota marchadi [sic] (misspelling)
  • Genota marchandi Pin, 1996
  • Genota nigeriensis Vera-Peláez, 2004

Genota nicklesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and tropical West Africa

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433880 on 2016-03-09
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