Aporrhais pesgallinae

Aporrhais pesgallinae is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.[1]

Aporrhais pesgallinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais
Species:
A. pesgallinae
Binomial name
Aporrhais pesgallinae
Barnard, 1963

Distribution

Found along the coast of west Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1]

References

  1. Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. WoRMS (2009). Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224256 on 9 July 2010 .


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