Aforia lepta
| Aforia lepta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Aforia |
| Species: | A. lepta |
| Binomial name | |
| Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Pleurotoma lepta Watson, 1881 | |
Aforia lepta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochelspiridae.[1][2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found off New Zealand and in the Southern Ocean, southeast of Australia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2011.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.