''Aforia'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Cochlespiridae Cochlespiridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence betwe ...

Description

The shell resembles '' Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger

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and with a paucispiral operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal species of ''

Turris ''Turris'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids. Description The generally large shells are variegated with spots. The fusiform shell is turriculated with a long, sharp spire. The aperture is ...

'' as '' Mohnia'' bears to '' Chrysodomus''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Aforia'' include: * '' Aforia abyssalis'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987 * † '' Aforia canalomos'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) * '' Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * '' Aforia crebristriata'' (Dall, 1908) * '' Aforia goniodes'' (Watson, 1881) * '' Aforia goodei'' (Dall, 1890) * '' Aforia hedleyi'' (Dell, 1990) * '' Aforia hypomela'' (Dall, 1889) * '' Aforia indomaris'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988 * '' Aforia inoperculata'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988 * '' Aforia kincaidi'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Aforia kupriyanovi'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987 * '' Aforia magnifica'' (Strebel, 1908) * '' Aforia moskalevi'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987 * '' Aforia multispiralis'' Dell, 1990 * '' Aforia obesa'' Pastorino & Sánchez, 2016 * '' Aforia persimilis'' (Dall, 1890) * '' Aforia serranoi'' Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014 * '' Aforia staminea'' (Watson, 1881) * '' Aforia tasmanica'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988 * '' Aforia trilix'' (Watson, 1881) * '' Aforia watsoni'' Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016 (interim unpublished) ;Extinct species from the Oligocene in Northern America: * † '' Aforia addicotti'' Javidpour, 1973 * † '' Aforia campbelli'' Durham 1944 * † '' Aforia dallamensis'' (Weaver, 1916) * † '' Aforia ecuadoriana'' Olsson 1964 (

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Aforia tricarinata'' Addicott, 1966 * † '' Aforia wardi'' (Tegland, 1933) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Aforia aulaca'' (Dall, 1896): synonym of '' Steiraxis aulaca'' (Dall, 1896) * ''Aforia chosenensis'' Bartsch, 1945: synonym of ''Aforia insignis'' (Jeffreys, 1883) * ''Aforia diomedea'' Bartsch, 1945: synonym of ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * ''Aforia gonoides'' (Watson, 1881 : synonym of ''Aforia goniodes'' (Watson, 1881) * ''Aforia hondoana'' (Dall, 1925): synonym of ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * ''Aforia insignis'' (Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * ''Aforia japonica'' Bartsch, 1945: synonym of ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * ''Aforia lepta'' (Watson, 1881): synonym of '' Aforia watsoni'' Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016 * ''Aforia okhotskensis'' Bartsch, 1945: synonym of '' Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873) * ''Aforia sakhalinensis'' Bartsch, 1945: synonym of ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873)

References

* Bozzetti L. (1997) Description of a new genus and a new species (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) from the Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean / Descrizione di un nuovo genere ed una nuova specie (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) dalle Isole Kerguelen, Oceano Indiano meridionale. World Shells 23: 42–44 * Wiese V. (2001) Comments on a "new" turrid species from Kerguelen. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 18: 33–34
GOFAS, Serge, Yuri KANTOR, and Ángel A. LUQUE. "A new Aforia (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespiridae) from Galicia Bank (NW Iberian Peninsula)." (2014): 45–51.

Sysoev & Kantor, ''Deep-sea gastropods of the genus ''Aforia'' (Turridae) of the Pacific: Species composition, Systematics, and functional morphology of the digerstive system''; The Veliger, California Malacozoological Society Northern California Malacozoological Club v.30 (1987-1988)
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