Afrocominella capensis | |
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Afrocominella capensis shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Afrocominella |
Species: | A. capensis |
Binomial name | |
Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Afrocominella capensis, common name the elongate whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea. [1]
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This species is found along the South Coast of South Africa
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