Zafra troglodytes

Zafra troglodytes
Zafra troglodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species: Z. troglodytes
Binomial name
Zafra troglodytes
(Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella garretti Tryon, 1883
  • Columbella troglodytes Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866
  • Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866 (basionym)
  • Columbella troglodytes var. fulvastra Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella troglodytes var. sinensis G.B. Sowerby, 1894
  • Anachis sinensis Sowerby, G.B. III, 1894

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511639  on 6 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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