Genota mayeri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Genota mayeri | |
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| A shell of † Genota mayeri dignoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Genota |
| Species: | G. mayeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Genota mayeri Bellardi, 1877
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- Subspecies
- † Genota mayeri dignoma Fontannes, 1880
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 11 mm.
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Distribution edit
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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External links edit
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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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