Aforia goniodes
| Aforia goniodes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Aforia |
| Species: | A. goniodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Aforia goniodes (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aforia goniodes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the cold waters along Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands and the South Shetlands.
References
- 1 2 Aforia goniodes (Watson, 1881). 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.
- Robert Boog Watson B.A., F.R.S.E., F.L.S, Mollusca of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ Expedition.—Part VIII; Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, Volume 15, Issue 87, pages 388–412, October 1881 (described as Pleurotoma (Surcula) goniodes)
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