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Afrocominella

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Afrocominella
Afrocominella capensis shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Afrocominella
Iredale, 1918
Type species
Cominella elongata
(Dunker, 1857)
Species

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Afrocominella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Afrocominella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Afrocominella elongata:[2] synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Afrocominella multistriata (Turton, 1932): synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

References

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  1. ^ a b Afrocominella Iredale, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
  2. ^ Afrocominella elongata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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