Aforia multispiralis

Aforia multispiralis
Aforia multispiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species: A. multispiralis
Binomial name
Aforia multispiralis
Dell, 1990
Synonyms[1]

Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the cold waters of the Falklands the South Orkneys, the South Shetland Islands, Kerguelen Island and the Antarctic Peninsula.

References

  1. ^ a b Aforia multispiralis Dell, 1990.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197027 on 31 March 2010.
  • 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
  • Wiese V. (2001) Comments on a "new" turrid species from Kerguelen. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 18: 33-34.

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