Afer cumingii is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Afer |
| Species: | A. cumingii
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| Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 65 mm, its diameter 30 mm.
(Original description of Fusus couderti in French) The ventricose shell is whitish, marked with irregular ferruginous-brown spots. It features high, fairly acute whorls, totaling eight, each elegantly furrowed and presenting a series of depressed tubercles that form a keel-like structure. The oval-rounded aperture on the right side has crenellations that extend quite far into the interior. The callous columella is furnished at its base with a thick, dentiform fold. The lower end of the shell tapers into a fairly long tail that curves slightly backward at the extremity.[2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Afer cumingii(Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 June 2024.
- ^ Petit de la Saussaye, [S.]. (1853). Description de deux nouvelles espèces des genres Turbinella et Fusus. Journal de Conchyliologie. 4(1): 75-77, pl. 2 figs 8-10
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=6125369 Gbif.org: Afer cumingii
- Li, H., X. Shi, J. Zhou, P. Zhou and X. Lü. 2013. Study on the taxonomic status of Afer cumingii based on mitochondrial gene sequences and radular morphology. Marine Sciences 37(8): 85–88
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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