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Aforia magnifica

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Aforia magnifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species:
A. magnifica
Binomial name
Aforia magnifica
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997
  • Surcula magnifica Strebel, 1908

Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth.[3]

Distribution

This species is found off the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. ^ a b Aforia magnifica (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ Indo-Pacific mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Mollusks; v.1 = no. 5-8 (1964) p 290

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