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Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Tudiclidae »  genus Afer

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Afer lansbergisi

Author: Jan Delsing

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Distribution

Western Africa. Type locality: Near the coast of Sierra Leone. Depth 15-40 m.
Known from Senegal up to Mauretania.

Size

35-45 mm
First published: Delsaerdt 1993: Afer lansbergisi a new species from Western Africa. In:
Gloria Maris 31(6): p. 89-96.

Description

Compared with Afer pseudofusinus, this species is defined by: - broad carinae (schoulders); Shorter siphonal channel ; Spiral grooves instead of spiral cords.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Belongs to subgenus Streptosiphon.

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