Aforia multispiralis

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Aforia multispiralis
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Shell of Aforia multispiralis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species:
A. multispiralis
Binomial name
Aforia multispiralis
Dell, 1990
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Synonyms [1]

Danilacarina elenaeBozzetti, 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 South Orkneys, the South Shetland Islands, Kerguelen Island and the Antarctic Peninsula.

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