WoRMS taxon details
Afer Conrad, 1858
456360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456360)
accepted
Genus
Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Afer (Afer) Conrad, 1858 · alternative representation
Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008 · alternative representation
Afer (Streptosiphon) Gill, 1867 · unaccepted
Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858 · unaccepted (original rank)
Streptosiphon Gill, 1867 · unaccepted
- Species Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Afer cumingii (Reeve, 1848)
- Species Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
- Species Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
- Species Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
- Species Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999
- Species Afer trauseli Thach, 2023
- Subgenus Afer (Streptosiphon) Gill, 1867 accepted as Afer Conrad, 1858
- Species Afer (Streptosiphon) ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008 accepted as Afer ignifer Fraussen & Trencart, 2008
- Species Afer (Streptosiphon) lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993 represented as Afer lansbergisi Delsaerdt, 1993
- Species Afer (Streptosiphon) porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847) represented as Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Afer africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) accepted as Africofusus africanus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Afer (Afer) Conrad, 1858 represented as Afer Conrad, 1858
- Species Afer (Afer) afer (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Afer (Afer) pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999 represented as Afer pseudofusinus Fraussen & Hadorn, 1999
- Subgenus Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008 represented as Afer Conrad, 1858
- Species Afer (Praecantafer) echinatus Fraussen, 2008 represented as Afer echinatus Fraussen, 2008
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
(of Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 332 [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afer Conrad, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456360 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Streptosiphon Gill, 1867) Gill, T. (1867). On the genus <i>Fulgur</i> and its allies. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3: 141-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658754
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 332 [details]
original description (of Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008) 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.
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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. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 332 [details]
original description (of Afer (Praecantafer) Fraussen, 2008) 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): 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
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