Zafra exilis

Zafra exilis
Zafra exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species: Z. exilis
Binomial name
Zafra exilis
(Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms[1]

Columbella exilis Philippi, 1849 (basionym)

Zafra exilis is a small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size is 3.7 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and as an introduced species along the Canary Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196007 on 4 November 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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