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Afer Conrad, 1858

456360  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456360)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Tudiclidae (Family)
  9. Afer (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Afer (Afer) Conrad, 1858 · alternative representation
Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008 · alternative representation
Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858 · unaccepted (original rank)

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  1. Species Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
  2. Species Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
  3. Species Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
  4. Species Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
  5. Species Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
  6. Species Afer macrospira (Cossmann, 1903) †
  7. Species Afer orangensis (Beets, 1942) †
  8. Species Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
  9. Species Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999
  10. Species Afer trauseli Thach, 2023
  11. Species Afer uhli Traub, 1979 †
  12. Subgenus Afer (Streptosiphon) Gill, 1867 accepted as Afer Conrad, 1858
    1. Species Afer (Streptosiphon) ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008 accepted as Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
    2. Species Afer (Streptosiphon) lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993 represented as Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
    3. Species Afer (Streptosiphon) porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847) represented as Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
  13. Species Afer africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) accepted as Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Afer chinenensis MacNeil, 1961 † accepted as Siphonofusus chinenensis (MacNeil, 1961) † (superseded combination)
  15. Species Afer wanneri (Beets, 1942) † accepted as Euthria wanneri (Beets, 1942) †
  16. Subgenus Afer (Afer) Conrad, 1858 represented as Afer Conrad, 1858
    1. Species Afer (Afer) afer (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
    2. Species Afer (Afer) pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999 represented as Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999
  17. Subgenus Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008 represented as Afer Conrad, 1858
    1. Species Afer (Praecantafer) echinatus Fraussen, 2008 represented as Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
(of Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 332 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afer Conrad, 1858. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456360 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2010-02-11 14:10:23Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-02-25 10:38:41Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2010-07-19 14:45:21Z
checked
Fraussen, Koen
2019-08-04 06:26:22Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-04 08:17:33Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-07-20 11:32:47Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Streptosiphon Gill, 1867) Gill, T. (1867). On the genus <i>Fulgur</i> and its allies. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3: 141-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658754
page(s): 152 [details] 

original description (of Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 332 [details] 

original description (of Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008) Fraussen, K. (2008). The genus <i>Afer</i> Conrad, 1858 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new species from western Africa. <em>Novapex.</em> 9(1): 41-48.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Fraussen, K. (2008). The genus <i>Afer</i> Conrad, 1858 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), with descriptions of a new subgenus and a new species from western Africa. <em>Novapex.</em> 9(1): 41-48. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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