''Afer'' is a
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Tudiclidae
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Afer'' include:
* ''
Afer afer''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Afer cumingii''
(Reeve, 1848)
* ''
Afer echinatus''
Fraussen, 2008
* ''
Afer ignifer''
Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
* ''
Afer lansbergisi''
Delsaerdt, 1993
* † ''
Afer macrospira''
(Cossmann, 1903)
* † ''
Afer orangensis''
(Beets, 1942)
* ''
Afer porphyrostoma''
(Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Afer pseudofusinus''
Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000
* ''
Afer trauseli''
Thach, 2023
* † ''
Afer uhli''
Traub, 1979
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Afer africanus''
(Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of ''
Africofusus africanus''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)
* ''Afer chinensis''
MacNeil, 1960: synonym of ''
Siphonofusus chinensis''
(MacNeil, 1960)
* † ''Afer wanneri''
(Beets, 1942): synonym of † ''
Euthria wanneri''
(Beets, 1942)
References
External links
Conrad T.A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 3: 323-336, pls 34-35Gill, T. (1867). On the genus Fulgur and its allies. American Journal of Conchology. 3: 141-152
Tudiclidae
Gastropod genera
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