Afer (gastropod)
| Afer | |
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| Shell of Afer pseudofusinus (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Afer Conrad, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Afer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Afer include:
- Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
- Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
- Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008[2]
- Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008[3]
- Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
- Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
- Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000
- 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- Afer africanus (Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)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)
References
- ^ Afer Conrad, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
- ^ Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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