Afrocominella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]
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| Afrocominella capensis shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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Species edit
Species within the genus Afrocominella include:
- Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
- Afrocominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915)
- 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 edit
- ^ a b Afrocominella Iredale, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
- ^ 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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