Aforia magnifica

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Aforia magnifica
Shell of Aforia magnifica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species:
A. magnifica
Binomial name
Aforia magnifica
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997
  • Surcula magnifica Strebel, 1908

Aforia magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth.[3]

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