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Afer afer

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Afer afer
Shell of Afer afer (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Afer
Species:
A. afer
Binomial name
Afer afer
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms

Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Afer afer is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[1]

Description

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(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate and transversely striated, with a spire crowned by a series of flat whorls adorned with rounded tubercles.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Senegal and Ivory Coast.[3]

References

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  • Delsaerdt A. (1993) Afer lansbergisi A new species from western Africa. Gloria Maris 31(6): 89–96.