Aforia watsoni

Aforia watsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1][2]

Aforia watsoni
Shell of Aforia watsoni (specimen at USNM)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Aforia
Species:	A. watsoni
Binomial name
Aforia watsoni Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016
Synonyms[1]
Aforia lepta (Watson, 1881) (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma lepta Edwards, 1861; Aforia watsoni is a replacement name) Marshallena lepta (Watson, 1881) Pleurotoma (Surcula) lepta Watson, 1881 Pleurotoma lepta Watson, 1881 Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) frigida (Thiele, 1912)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off New Zealand and in the Southern Ocean, southeast of Australia; also off the Antarctic Peninsula at a depth between 210 m and 220 m.