''Afer'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Tudiclidae
The Tudiclidae are taxonomic family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Afer'' include:
* ''
Afer afer
''Afer afer'' is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate and transversely striated, with a spire crowned by a series of flat whorls adorn ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Afer cumingii''
(Reeve, 1848)
* ''
Afer echinatus''
Fraussen, 2008
* ''
Afer ignifer''
Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
* ''
Afer lansbergisi''
Delsaerdt, 1993
* † ''
Afer macrospira''
(Cossmann, 1903)
* † ''
Afer orangensis''
(Beets, 1942)
* ''
Afer porphyrostoma''
(Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Afer pseudofusinus''
Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000
* ''
Afer trauseli''
Thach, 2023
* † ''
Afer uhli''
Traub, 1979
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Afer africanus''
(Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of ''
Africofusus africanus''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)
* ''Afer chinensis''
MacNeil, 1960: synonym of ''
Siphonofusus chinensis''
(MacNeil, 1960)
* † ''Afer wanneri''
(Beets, 1942): synonym of † ''
Euthria wanneri''
(Beets, 1942)
References
External links
Conrad T.A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 3: 323-336, pls 34-35Gill, T. (1867). On the genus Fulgur and its allies. American Journal of Conchology. 3: 141-152
Tudiclidae
Gastropod genera
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