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Afer (Afer) afer (Gmelin, 1791)
1795004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1795004)
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Species
Afer (Afer) Conrad, 1858 represented as Afer Conrad, 1858
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex afer Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
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(of Murex afer Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
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.
page(s): 44, figs 7-8 [details] Available for editors
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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.
page(s): 44, figs 7-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]