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) T. Gill, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fusus (Afer) Conrad, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Streptosiphon T. 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) T. Gill, 1867 accepted as Afer Conrad, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 superseded combination)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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Afer Conrad, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456360 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
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
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original description (of Streptosiphon T. 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]
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): 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]original description (of Streptosiphon T. 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]
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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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Afer)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Streptosiphon) (from synonym Streptosiphon T. Gill, 1867)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Streptosiphon T. Gill, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Streptosiphon) (from synonym Streptosiphon T. Gill, 1867)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Streptosiphon T. Gill, 1867)
Unreviewed
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