Afrocominella capensis

Afrocominella capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Pisaniinae
Genus: Afrocominella
Species: A. capensis
Binomial name
Afrocominella capensis
(Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857)
  • Cominella elongata Dunker, 1857

Afrocominella capensis, common name the elongate whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.[1]

Subspecies

Distribution

This species is found along the South Coast of South Africa

References

  1. 1 2 Afrocominella capensis .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.

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