Aforia abyssalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Aforia |
| Species: | A. abyssalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aforia abyssalis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aforia (Abyssaforia) abyssalis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987 | |
This species is also considered the type species of Abyssaforia Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species is found off Hokkaido, Japan and the Kuril Islands, Russian Federation. [2]
References
edit- ^ a b Aforia abyssalis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2011.
- ^ Gbif.org: Aforia abyssalis
External links
edit- BioLib: Aforia abyssalis
- Sysoev, A. V.; Kantor, Y. I. (1987). Deep-sea gastropods of the genus Aforia (Turridae) of the Pacific: species composition, systematics, and functional morphology of the digestive system. Veliger. 30(2): 105-126.