Aforia hedleyi | |
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Shell of Aforia hedleyi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Cochlespiridae |
Genus: | Aforia |
Species: | A. hedleyi |
Binomial name | |
Aforia hedleyi (Dell, 1990) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pontiothauma hedleyi Dell, 1990 (original combination) |
Aforia hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters at a depth between 498 m and 569 m.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Aforia hedleyi. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881119 on 2016-07-09
- Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca with Special Reference to the Fauna of the Ross Sea. Bull. R. Soc. N.Z. 27: 1-311
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