| Afer | |
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| Shell of Afer pseudofusinus (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Afer Conrad, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 | |
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Afer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae.
Species
Species within the genus Afer include:
- Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
- Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
- Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
- Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
- Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
- † Afer macrospira (Cossmann, 1903)
- † Afer orangensis (Beets, 1942)
- Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
- Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000
- Afer trauseli Thach, 2023
- † Afer uhli Traub, 1979
- 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- Afer africanus (Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)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)
- † Afer wanneri (Beets, 1942): synonym of † Euthria wanneri (Beets, 1942)
References
- Afer Conrad, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
- Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
- Conrad T.A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 3: 323-336, pls 34-35
- Gill, T. (1867). On the genus Fulgur and its allies. American Journal of Conchology. 3: 141-152
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