Aporrhais senegalensis

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Aporrhais senegalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais
Species:
A. senegalensis
Binomial name
Aporrhais senegalensis
Gray, 1838

Aporrhais senegalensis 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]

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Stromboidea Superfamily of gastropods

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References

  1. Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838 . WoRMS (2009). Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224812 on 9 July 2010 .

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