| Genota mayeri | |
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| A shell of † Genota mayeri dignoma | |
Scientific 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
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
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- Bellardi L.(1877),I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, t. II. p. 86, pi. III, fig. 7
- Fontannes (F.), 1880 Invertébrés du bassin tertiaire du Sud-Est de la France. Les Mollusques pliocènes de la vallée du Rhone et du Roussillon. Tome 1er: Gastéropodes des formations marines et saumatres. livraison 3, p. 169-258
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