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Afer cumingii
Shell of Afer cumingii (syntype 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. cumingii
Binomial name
Afer cumingii
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fusus couderti Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
  • Fusus cumingii Reeve, 1848 (basionym)

Afer cumingii is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1]

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan. [3]

References

  • 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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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Afer cumingii
Shell of Afer cumingii (syntype 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. cumingii
Binomial name
Afer cumingii
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fusus couderti Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
  • Fusus cumingii Reeve, 1848 (basionym)

Afer cumingii is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae. [1]

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan. [3]

References

  • 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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