Afrocominella capensis

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Afrocominella capensis
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Afrocominella capensis shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]
  • Afrocominella elongata(Dunker, 1857)
  • Cominella elongataDunker, 1857
  • Afrocominella capensis capensis(Dunker in Philippi, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cominella capensis(Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
  • Euthria lacertinaGould, 1860
  • Fusus capensisDunker in Philippi, 1844 (original combination)

Afrocominella capensis, common name the elongate whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea. [1]

Contents

Subspecies

Description

Distribution

This species is found along the South Coast of South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Afrocominella capensis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 July 2012.