''Aforia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family 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
''Aforia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell resembles '' Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger sculpture and with a paucispiral operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal s ...
'', but with stronger
sculpture 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
''Neptunea'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). ''Neptunea'' Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. ( ...
''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aforia'' include:
* ''
Aforia abyssalis
''Aforia abyssalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
This species is also considered the type species of '' Abyssaforia'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
Description
Distribution
This marine specie ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* † ''
Aforia canalomos
''Aforia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell resembles ''Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger sculpture and with a paucispiral operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal sp ...
''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
* ''
Aforia circinata
''Aforia circinata'', common name the ridged turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 75 mm. The slender, elongate shell is covered with a browni ...
''
(Dall, 1873)
* ''
Aforia crebristriata
''Aforia crebristriata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
It is also considered as the type species of the genus ''Dallaforia'' through its synonym ''Irenosyrinx crebristriata'' Dall, 1908
D ...
''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Aforia goniodes
''Aforia goniodes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm
(Original description) The high, narrow shell has a biconical shape. It ...
''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Aforia goodei
''Aforia goodei'', common name Goode's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 90 mm.
(Original description) The ...
''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''
Aforia hedleyi''
(Dell, 1990)
* ''
Aforia hypomela
''Aforia hypomela'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.Gofas, S. (2016). Aforia hypomela (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Aforia indomaris
''Aforia indomaris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1988
* ''
Aforia inoperculata
''Aforia inoperculata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1988
* ''
Aforia kincaidi
''Aforia kincaidi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 29 mm, its diameter 13 mm.
(Original description) The waxen white shell is of moderat ...
''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Aforia kupriyanovi
''Aforia kupriyanovi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Distribution
This marine species is found off Northern Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Aforia magnifica
''Aforia magnifica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 150 mm. The radula has a large-based unicuspid central tooth.
...
''
(Strebel, 1908)
* ''
Aforia moskalevi
''Aforia moskalevi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 33.4 mm, its diameter 12.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the southwest Pa ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Aforia multispiralis
''Aforia multispiralis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in the cold wa ...
''
Dell, 1990
* ''
Aforia obesa
''Aforia obesa'' is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Aforia obesa Pastorino & Sánchez, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http ...
''
Pastorino & Sánchez, 2016
* ''
Aforia persimilis
''Aforia persimilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.Sartori, André F. (2015). Aforia persimilis (Dall, 1890). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''
Aforia serranoi
''Aforia serranoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.Gofas, S. (2014). Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...
''
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
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...
in Northern America:
* † ''
Aforia addicotti'' J
avidpour, 1973
* † ''
Aforia campbelli''
Durham 1944
* † ''
Aforia dallamensis''
(Weaver, 1916)
* † ''
Aforia ecuadoriana''
Olsson 1964 (
Pliocene of Ecuador)
* † ''
Aforia 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
''Aforia circinata'', common name the ridged turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 75 mm. The slender, elongate shell is covered with a browni ...
''
(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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