Afer afer

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Afer afer
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Shell of Afer afer (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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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)
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Synonyms

Murex aferGmelin, 1791 (original combination)

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

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Description

(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

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

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