Aforia
Aforia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.Description
The shell resembles Irenosyrinx, but with stronger sculpture and with a paucispiral operculum, bearing such a relation to the normal species of Turris as Mohnia bears to Chrysodomus.Species
Species within the genus Aforia include:
- Aforia abyssalis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
- Aforia aulaca
- Aforia circinata
- Aforia crebristriata
- Aforia goniodes
- Aforia goodei
- Aforia hedleyi
- Aforia hypomela
- Aforia indomaris Sysoev & Kantor, 1988
- Aforia inoperculata Sysoev & Kantor, 1988
- Aforia kincaidi
- Aforia kupriyanovi Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
- Aforia magnifica
- Aforia moskalevi Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
- Aforia multispiralis Dell, 1990
- Aforia obesa Pastorino & Sánchez, 2016
- Aforia persimilis
- Aforia serranoi Gofas, Kantor & Luque, 2014
- Aforia staminea
- Aforia tasmanica Sysoev & Kantor, 1988
- Aforia trilix
- Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016
;Extinct species from the Oligocene in Northern America:
- † Aforia addicotti Javidpour, 1973
- † Aforia campbelli Durham 1944
- † Aforia dallamensis
- † Aforia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
- † Aforia tricarinata Addicott, 1966
- † Aforia wardi
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Aforia chosenensis Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia insignis
- Aforia diomedea Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia circinata
- Aforia gonoides
- Aforia hondoana : synonym of Aforia circinata
- Aforia insignis : synonym of Aforia circinata
- Aforia japonica Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia circinata
- Aforia lepta : synonym of Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016
- Aforia okhotskensis Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia circinata
- Aforia sakhalinensis Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Aforia circinata
