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

Genota ramosa
Shell of † Genota ramosa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. ramosa
Binomial name
Genota ramosa
(Basterot, 1825)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma ramosa Basterot, 1825 (original combination)

Subspecies
  • Genota ramosa pupoides Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Landes, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Genota ramosa (Basterot, 1825) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054944 on 2023-08-10
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.