Aforia watsoni
| Aforia watsoni | |
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| Original image of a shell of Aforia watsoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Aforia |
| Species: | A. watsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aforia watsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
The name of this species is interim published. [1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found off New Zealand and in the Southern Ocean, southeast of Australia.
References
- 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2016). Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881117 on 2016-07-04
- ↑ 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.
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