WoRMS name details
Afer africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
581137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581137)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fulgur africanus G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afer africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581137 on 2025-04-28
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(of Fulgur africanus G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
page(s): 1, pl. 6 fig. 19 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
