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Aforia (aforia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae

Taxonomy
Aforia was named by Dall (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 552]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cochlespirinae by Olsson (1964); to Turriculidae by Hickman (1976); to Turriculinae by Moore (1976); to Turridae by Durham (1944), Moore (1984) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cochlespiridae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Aforia Dall
1908Irenosyrinx Dall
1944Irenosyrinx Durham p. 180
1944Aforia Durham p. 183
1964Aforia Olsson p. 111
1976Aforia Hickman p. 80
1976Aforia Moore p. 37
1984Aforia Moore p. 24
1997Danilacarina Bozzetti
2001Aforia Todd
2002Aforia Sepkoski
2011Aforia Bouchet et al. p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCochlespiridae(Powell 1942)
genusAforiaDall 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Aforia Dall 1889 [aforia]
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Subg. Aforia (Abyssaforia) Sysoev and Kantor 1987
Subg. Aforia (Dallaforia) Sysoev and Kantor 1987
Subg. Aforia (Steiraxis) Dall 1896
Aforia campbelli Durham 1944
Aforia clallamensis Weaver 1916
Aforia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
Invalid names: Danilacarina Bozzetti 1997 [synonym], Irenosyrinx Dall 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available