Afer afer

Afer afer is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.^[1]

Afer afer
Shell of Afer afer (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Tudiclidae
Genus:	Afer
Species:	A. afer
Binomial name
Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Murex afer Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate and transversely striated, with a spire crowned by a series of flat whorls adorned with rounded tubercles.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Ivory Coast.^[3]