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Species of gastropod

Aforia magnifica
Shell of Aforia magnifica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
  • Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997
  • Surcula magnifica Strebel, 1908

Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2011)

Distribution

This species is found off the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. ^ Aforia magnifica (Strebel, 1908). 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.
  3. Indo-Pacific mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Department of Mollusks; v.1 = no. 5–8 (1964) p. 290
  • Strebel, Dr. H., die Gastropoden. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901—1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, Band VI, Lfg. 1. — Mit 6 Tafeln.
  • Bozzetti, L. (1997). Description of a new genus and a new species (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) from the Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean / Descrizione di un nuovo genere ed una nuova specie (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) dalle Isole Kerguelen, Oceano Indiano meridionale. World Shells. 23: 42-44.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
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