Afer afer
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| image_caption = Shell of Afer afer (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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| taxon = Afer afer
| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
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| synonyms = Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
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Afer afer is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.{{WRMS species|490677|Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)||12 June 2024}}
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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae (Leipzig). pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6.] {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Senegal and Ivory Coast.[https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=6504668 Gbif.org: Afer afer]
References
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- Delsaerdt A. (1993) Afer lansbergisi A new species from western Africa. Gloria Maris 31(6): 89–96.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1791
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