Genotina adamii

Genotina adamii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Genotina adamii
Apertural view of a shell of Genotina adamii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Genotina
Species:
G. adamii
Binomial name
Genotina adamii
(L. Bozzetti, 1994)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conorbis adamii Bozzetti, 1994
  • Pseudoconorbis adamii L. Bozzetti, 1994

Description

The shell of the adult snail grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

Genotina adamii is a demersal sea snail living in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off the Philippines.

References

  • Bozzetti, L., 1994. A new species from Philippines. World Shells 9: 60-62
  • Vera-Peláez. 2004. Genotina genotae new species and new genus and Genota nigeriensis new species of the subfamily Conorbiinae (Gastropoda, Turridae). Systematic, biogeography, stratigraphy and phylogeny of Conorbis, Genotina and Genota genera. Pliocenica, 4 : 95-106
  • "Genotina adamii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • Holotype in the MNHN, Paris


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