Aforia magnifica | |
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Shell of Aforia magnifica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Aforia magnifica (
Strebel, 1908)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1] [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth. [3]
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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
Aforia magnifica | |
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Shell of Aforia magnifica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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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)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1] [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth. [3]
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (August 2011) |
This species is found off the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkneys, South Shetland, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica