Afer echinatus is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[2]
Afer echinatus | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Shell of Afer echinatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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]
|
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2024) |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco and Mauritania to Senegal. [3]
References
edit- ^ Fraussen (2008). Novapex 9 (1) : 41–48. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ MNHN, Paris: Afer echinatus
- 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