Afer afer | |
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Shell of Afer afer (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific 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 aferGmelin, 1791 (original combination) |
Afer afer is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1]
(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]
This marine species occurs off Senegal and Ivory Coast. [3]
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