Aforia

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Aforia circinata 005.jpg | image_caption = Aforia circinata | taxon = Aforia | authority = Dall, 1889 | type_species = Pleurotoma circinata | type_species_authority = Dall, 1873 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Aforia (Abyssaforia) Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
  • Aforia (Aforia) Dall, 1889
  • Aforia (Dallaforia) Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
  • Danilacarina Bozzetti, 1997
  • Irenosyrinx Dall, 1908
  • Mangilia (Aforia) Dall, 1889 (original rank)
  • Steiraxis Dall, 1896 |range_map= Aforia - distribution.jpg | display_parents = 3

Aforia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.

Description

The shell resembles Irenosyrinx, but with stronger sculpture with narrow, low ribs and with a paucispiral, elongate 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 abyssal environments are sparse. There is limited information on the distribution of these species, and data on their anatomy are almost nonexistent. 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.

Species

Species within the genus Aforia include:

;Extinct species from the Oligocene in Northern America:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Aforia aulaca (Dall, 1896): synonym of Steiraxis aulaca (Dall, 1896)
  • Aforia chosenensis Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia circinata (Dall, 1873)
  • 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 (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

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 196995. ''Aforia'' Dall, 1889. 29 August 2011
  2. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
  3. [https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003646038 W.H. Dall (1908) Reports on the Mollusca and Brachiopoda, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. vol. 43] (described as ''Steiraxis'')
  4. [https://www.gbif.org/species/2305265 Gbif.org: Aforia - distribution]
  5. {{WRMS species. 432903. ''Aforia abyssalis'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987. 16 April 2010
  6. {{WRMS species. 432904. ''Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873). 16 April 2010
  7. {{WRMS species. 432595. ''Aforia crebristriata'' (Dall, 1908). 16 April 2010
  8. {{WRMS species. 432905. ''Aforia goniodes'' (Watson, 1881). 16 April 2010
  9. {{WRMS species. 432906. ''Aforia goodei'' (Dall, 1890). 16 April 2010
  10. {{WRMS species. 432596. ''Aforia indomaris'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988. 16 April 2010
  11. {{WRMS species. 432908. ''Aforia inoperculata'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988. 16 April 2010
  12. {{WRMS species. 432910. ''Aforia kincaidi'' (Dall, 1919). 16 April 2010
  13. {{WRMS species. 432911. ''Aforia kupriyanovi'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987. 16 April 2010
  14. {{WRMS species. 197026. ''Aforia magnifica'' (Strebel, 1908). 16 April 2010
  15. {{WRMS species. 432913. ''Aforia moskalevi'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1987. 16 April 2010
  16. {{WRMS species. 197027. ''Aforia multispiralis'' Dell, 1990. 16 April 2010
  17. {{WRMS species. 432916. ''Aforia staminea'' (Watson, 1881). 16 April 2010
  18. {{WRMS species. 432594. ''Aforia tasmanica'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1988. 16 April 2010
  19. {{WRMS species. 197028. ''Aforia trilix'' (Watson, 1881). 16 April 2010
  20. {{WRMS species. 432907. ''Aforia hondoana'' (Dall, 1925). 16 April 2010
  21. {{WRMS species. 432912. ''Aforia lepta'' (Watson, 1881). 16 April 2010
  22. {{WRMS species. 432914. ''Aforia okhotskensis'' Bartsch, 1945. 16 April 2010
  23. {{WRMS species. 432915. ''Aforia sakhalinensis'' Bartsch, 1945. 16 April 2010

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