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  | |
| 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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