Aforia
''Aforia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cochlespiridae. Description The shell resembles ''Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture with narrow, low ribs and with a paucispiral, elongate Operculum (gastropod), operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal species of ''Turris'' as ''Mohnia'' bears to ''Chrysodomus''. The nucleus is terminal. Gastropods of this genus are among the largest members of the family Cochlespiridae in the Pacific Ocean, with adult shell sizes reaching up to 92 mm. Distribution Species of this genus inhabit the Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and the southeastern Indian Ocean; also in the cold waters off Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands and the South Shetlands. Habitat These species are predominantly found in sublittoral and relatively deep waters. However, detailed descriptions of the specific composition of ''Aforia'' in bathyal and abyssa ...
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