Aporrhais elegantissima

Aporrhais elegantissima
Shell of Aporrhais elegantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Aporrhais
Species:	A. elegantissima
Binomial name
Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970

Aporrhais elegantissima is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells. ^[1]

Distribution

Found along the coast of West Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau) and in the South Atlantic Ocean (off Angola). ^[1]

References

1. Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970 . 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Parenzan, P. (1970-1976). Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo. Taranto, Bios Taras. Vol. 1 (Gasteropodi): 1-283 [1970]. Vol. 2 parte 1 (Bivalvi): 1-277 con 46 tav. [1974]. Vol. 2 parte 2 (Bivalvi): 283-546 con 56 tav. [1976]. Vol. 3 (Bibliografia): 1-50
• Wieneke, U. & Liverani, V. (2019). Review of the Recent Endemic West African Aporrhaidae (Gastropoda: Stromboidea), with the re-establishment of Aporrhais elegantissima PARENZAN, 1970 and records of putative hybridization in the genus Aporrhais. Conchylia. 50(1-4), 147-162