Aporrhais pesgallinae 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]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Aporrhaidae |
Genus: | Aporrhais |
Species: | A. pesgallinae
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Binomial name | |
Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
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Distribution
editFound along the coast of west Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. WoRMS (2009). Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224256 on 9 July 2010 .