Afer cumingii | |
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Shell of Afer cumingii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)) | |
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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Binomial name | |
Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Afer cumingii is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1]
The 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]
This marine species occurs off Taiwan. [3]
Afer cumingii | |
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Shell of Afer cumingii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)) | |
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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Binomial name | |
Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Afer cumingii is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1]
The 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]
This marine species occurs off Taiwan. [3]