Aforia magnifica
| Aforia magnifica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Aforia |
| Species: | A. magnifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aforia magnifica (Strebel, 1908) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Surcula magnifica Strebel, 1908 | |
Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica
References
- 1 2 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.
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