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Genota nicklesi

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Genota nicklesi
Apertural view of a shell of Genota nicklesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Genota
Species:
G. nicklesi
Binomial name
Genota nicklesi
Knudsen, 1952 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[2]

Description

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The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Knudsen, J. (1952). "Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Atlantide Expedition, 1945–46". ' Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn. 114: 129–185, 1 fig. 12pl.
  2. ^ a b 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 9 March 2016
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