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Genota mayeri

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Genota mayeri
A shell of † Genota mayeri dignoma
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. mayeri
Binomial name
Genota mayeri
Bellardi, 1877

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

Subspecies
  • Genota mayeri dignoma Fontannes, 1880

Description

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The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Piedmont, Italy and in Pliocene strata in Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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