Aforia multispiralis | |
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Shell of Aforia multispiralis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Danilacarina elenaeBozzetti, 1997 |
Aforia multispiralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.
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