Afer afer

Afer afer is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Ivory Coast.^[3]

References

^ Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 June 2024.
^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Gbif.org: Afer afer

Delsaerdt A. (1993) Afer lansbergisi A new species from western Africa. Gloria Maris 31(6): 89–96.

[WoRMS-1] Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 June 2024.

[2] 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Gbif.org: Afer afer

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