''Afer cumingii'' is a species of large

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, marine

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in the family

Tudiclidae The Tudiclidae are taxonomic family in the superfamily Buccinoidea of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

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

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s, 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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan.https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=6125369 Gbif.org: Afer cumingii

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. uiyu(ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Reeve, L. A. (1847–1848). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
cumingii Gastropods described in 1848 {{Buccinoidea-stub