Aforia serranoi
| Aforia serranoi | |
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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. serranoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014
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Aforia serranoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 35 mm. The fusiform shell contains eight whorls. It shows predominant spiral cords, two keels (one in the middle of the whorls and one on the body whorl) and fine spiral threads.
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Distribution[edit]
This species is found in deep waters (at a depth of 1720 m) of the Atlantic Ocean off the Galicia Bank off the Iberian Peninsula.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2014). Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754892 on 2016-07-11
External links[edit]
- Gofas S., Kantor Y. & Luque Á. A. (2014). A new Aforia (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespiridae) from Galicia Bank (NW Iberian Peninsula). Iberus. 32(1): 45–51
- Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114