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Aforia

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Aforia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyCochlespiridae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
127
With media
18
Family
Cochlespiridae
Collections
UWBM, UCMP, SIO, YPM, USNM
Recorded in
United States, Antarctica, Argentina

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Turridae
Image
Aforia circinata 001.jpg
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Commons category
Aforia
topic's main category
Category:Aforia
taxon name
Aforia
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Habitat
  • Species
  • References
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Aforia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.

==Description== The shell resembles Irenosyrinx, but with stronger sculpture with narrow, low ribs and with a paucispiral, elongate operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal species of Turris as Mohnia bears to Chrysodomus. The nucleus is terminal.

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