Genotina adamii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Genotina adamii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Genotina |
| Species: | G. adamii
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| Binomial name | |
| Genotina adamii (L. Bozzetti, 1994)
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Description
editThe shell of the adult snail grows to a length of 18 mm.
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Distribution
editGenotina adamii is a demersal sea snail living in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Genotina adamii (Bozzetti, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- 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
External links
edit- "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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