Aforia watsoni

Aforia watsoni
	Shell of Aforia watsoni (specimen at USNM)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Aforia
Species:	A. watsoni
Binomial name
	Aforia watsoni; Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016
Synonyms
	Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma lepta Edwards, 1861; Aforia watsoni is a replacement name); Marshallena lepta (Watson, 1881); Pleurotoma (Surcula) lepta Watson, 1881; Pleurotoma lepta Watson, 1881; Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) frigida (Thiele, 1912);

Aforia watsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off New Zealand and in the Southern Ocean, southeast of Australia; also off the Antarctic Peninsula at a depth between 210 m and 220 m.

References

Abapertural view of a shell of Aforia watsoni

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2016). Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881117 on 2016-07-04
^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Parts VIII-X. Pleurotomidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 388–475
Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
Powell, A.W.B. 1969. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207–415, pls 188–324
Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295

External links

Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2015.1128523

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2016). Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881117 on 2016-07-04

[Conoidea-2] P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

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Aforia watsoni

Shell of Aforia watsoni (specimen at USNM)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Aforia
Species:	A. watsoni
Binomial name
*Aforia watsoni* Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016

Synonyms^[1]
Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma lepta Edwards, 1861; Aforia watsoni is a replacement name) Marshallena lepta (Watson, 1881) Pleurotoma (Surcula) lepta Watson, 1881 Pleurotoma lepta Watson, 1881 Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) frigida (Thiele, 1912)