Zafra pumila
Zafra pumila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zafra |
Species: | Z. pumila |
Binomial name | |
Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Zafra pumila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm
- Zafra pumila forma minuscula, dark variety
- Zafra pumila forma minuscula, bright variety
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Northern KwaZuluNatal, RSA, RĂ©union and in the Western Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Queensland, and New South Wales
References
- 1 2 Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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