Afer (gastropod)

Afer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Family:Buccinidae
Genus:Afer
Conrad, 1858
Species

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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 africanus (Sowerby III, 1897)
  • 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 chinensis MacNeil, 1960: synonym of Siphonofusus chinensis (MacNeil, 1960)

References

  1. ↑ Afer Conrad, 1858.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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