Afer (gastropod)

Afer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae.[1]

Afer
Shell of Afer pseudofusinus (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Afer
Conrad, 1858
Type species
Murex afer
Gmelin, 1791
Species

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Synonyms
  • Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858 (original rank)
  • Streptosiphon Gill, 1867

Species

Species within the genus Afer include:

  • Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
  • 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  • Afer africanus (Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)
  • 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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