# Genota nicklesi

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Genota nicklesi
| image = Genota nicklesi 002.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of ''Genota nicklesi''
| authority = [Knudsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Knudsen), 1952 <ref name="Knudsen1952">{{cite journal |last1=Knudsen |first1=J. |title=Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Atlantide Expedition, 1945–46. |journal=' Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn |date=1952 |volume=114 |pages=129–185, 1 fig. 12pl}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms =
* ''Genota marchadi'' [sic] (misspelling)
* ''Genota marchandi'' <small>Pin, 1996</small>
* ''Genota nigeriensis'' <small>Vera-Peláez, 2004</small>
| display_parents = 3
}}

'''''Genota nicklesi''''' is a species of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Borsoniidae](/source/Borsoniidae).<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2015). Genota mitriformis (Wood W., 1828). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433880 on 9 March 2016</ref>

==Description==
The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The length of the shell varies between 25&nbsp;mm and 42&nbsp;mm.

==Distribution==
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off [Angola](/source/Angola) and tropical West Africa

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Genota nicklesi}}
* {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=7994|title=''Genota nicklesi''|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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nicklesi
Category:Gastropods described in 1952
Category:Taxa named by Jørgen Knudsen

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