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Afer echinatus

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Afer echinatus
Shell of Afer echinatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Afer
Species:
A. echinatus
Binomial name
Afer echinatus
Fraussen, 2008[1]

Afer echinatus is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco and Mauritania to Senegal. [3]

References

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  • Fraussen K. (2008). The genus Afer Conrad, 1858 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new species from western Africa. Novapex 9(1): 41-48