Aporrhais pesgallinae

Aporrhais pesgallinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Aporrhais
Species:	A. pesgallinae
Binomial name
Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
Synonyms
Aporrhais pes-gallinaeBarnard, 1963 (hyphen not acceptable in specific epithet)

Aporrhais pesgallinae 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, Ivory Coast, Guinea) and in the South Atlantic Ocean (off Angola, Namibia). ^[1]

References

1. Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 . 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date
• 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

External links

• Barnard, K.H. (1963). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa". Annals of the South African Museum. 47 (1): 67. Retrieved 10 October 2025.