Aforia serranoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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. serranoi
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| Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 35 mm.
The fusiform shell comprises eight whorls, featuring prominent spiral cords and two keels — one positioned in the middle of the whorls and the other on the body whorl. Additionally, the shell is adorned with fine spiral threads.
Distribution
editThis species is found in deep waters (at a depth of 1720 m) of the Atlantic Ocean off the Galicia Bank off the Iberian Peninsula.
References
edit- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2014). Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754892 on 2016-07-11
External links
edit- Gofas S., Kantor Y. & Luque Á. A. (2014). A new Aforia (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Cochlespiridae) from Galicia Bank (NW Iberian Peninsula). Iberus. 32(1): 45–51
- Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114