Biology:Genota mayeri

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Genota mayeri
Genota mayeri dignoma 001.jpg
A shell of † Genota mayeri dignoma
Scientific classification edit
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

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

Distribution

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

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q121358926 entry