Aforia magnifica
Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
Aforia magnifica | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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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
- Aforia magnifica (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2011.
- 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.
- Indo-Pacific mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Mollusks; v.1 = no. 5–8 (1964) p. 290
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