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Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857) 
AphiaID: 225648

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Afrocominella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Rank Species
Parent Afrocominella Iredale, 1918
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 93 [details]


additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

source of synonymy: Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English elongate whelk  [details]
Distribution South Coast of South Africa [details]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225648
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 14:46:48Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2010-09-02 10:25:42Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-10-02 09:38:56Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225648 on 2013-05-19
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