Aporrhais elegantissima
| Aporrhais elegantissima | |
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| Shell of Aporrhais elegantissima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Aporrhais |
| Species: | A. elegantissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
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Aporrhais elegantissima is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.[1]
Distribution
Found along the coast of West Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau) and in the South Atlantic Ocean (off Angola). [1]
References
- ^ a b Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970. 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Parenzan, P. (1970-1976). Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo. Taranto, Bios Taras. Vol. 1 (Gasteropodi): 1-283 [1970]. Vol. 2 parte 1 (Bivalvi): 1-277 con 46 tav. [1974]. Vol. 2 parte 2 (Bivalvi): 283-546 con 56 tav. [1976]. Vol. 3 (Bibliografia): 1-50
- Wieneke, U. & Liverani, V. (2019). Review of the Recent Endemic West African Aporrhaidae (Gastropoda: Stromboidea), with the re-establishment of Aporrhais elegantissima PARENZAN, 1970 and records of putative hybridization in the genus Aporrhais. Conchylia. 50(1-4), 147-162