Aporrhais serresiana


Aporrhais serresiana is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.

Description

Shell size 40-50 mm.
The shell is small, turreted, and imperforate, with a yellowish-white coloration. The surface is covered with spiral striations. The upper whorls feature a single, central keel, while the body whorl is strongly defined by three keels. These keels are nodulose and extend to form the digitate processes on the outer lip. The outer lip is expanded and boasts four distinct, channeled lobes. The siphonal canal is very long, straight, thin, and sharp. The aperture is constricted.

Distribution

Mediterranean Sea, Morocco.