Afrocominella capensis

Afrocominella capensis
Afrocominella capensis shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	incertae sedis
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 capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation Cominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844) Euthria lacertina Gould, 1860 Fusus capensis Dunker in Philippi, 1844 (original combination)

Afrocominella capensis, common name the elongate whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea.^[1]

Subspecies

• Afrocominella capensis capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844) (synonyms: Euthria lacertina Gould, 1860; Fusus capensis Dunker in Philippi, 1844 (basionym) )
• Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852) (synonyms: Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857); Afrocominella multistriata (Turton, 1932); Cominella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915; Cominella elongata (Dunker, 1857); Euthria multistriata Turton, 1932; Euthria simoniana Petit, 1852; Fusus simonianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 (basionym); Glypteuthria solidissima Tomlin, 1932)