Aporrhais elegantissima 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.
Distribution Found along the coast of West Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau) and in the South Atlantic Ocean (off Angola).
References
Parenzan, P. (1970-1976). Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo. Taranto, Bios Taras. Vol. 1 (Gasteropodi): 1-283 . Vol. 2 parte 1 (Bivalvi): 1-277 con 46 tav. . Vol. 2 parte 2 (Bivalvi): 283-546 con 56 tav. . Vol. 3 (Bibliografia): 1-50 Wieneke, U. & Liverani, V. (2019). Review of the Recent Endemic West African Aporrhaidae (Gastropoda: Stromboidea), with the re-establishment of Aporrhais elegantissima PARENZAN, 1970 and records of putative hybridization in the genus Aporrhais. Conchylia. 50(1-4), 147-162