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

Aforia magnifica
Shell of Aforia magnifica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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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[1]
  • Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997
  • Surcula magnifica Strebel, 1908

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth.[3]

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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