Species affinis
Species affinis (abbreviations: sp. Aff. , Aff. Or affin. ) Is a term used in biological taxonomy . In zoology and botany , it is added to the binomial name of a species to show that one or more specimens in a population under study are closely related, but not identical, to a known and named species.
Example: If a snail shell is called “ Lucapina aff. aegis “, it says that this snail shell is similar to that of the named species Lucapina aegis (has a strong morphological affinity for the shell of this species), but comes from a different, closely related species, with the person making the determination from different ones Reasons (usually too little information) cannot name a new species.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Species affinis (Affinis) in the Dictionary of botanic terminology.