Aforia lepta

Aforia lepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species: A. lepta
Binomial name
Aforia lepta
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma lepta Watson, 1881

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off New Zealand and in the Southern Ocean, southeast of Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881).  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.

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