Zafra selasphora

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

Zafra selasphora
Sgell of Zafra selasphora (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Zafra
Species:
Z. selasphora
Binomial name
Zafra selasphora
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
  • Columbella selasphora Melvill & Standen, 1901 (basionym)
  • Pyrene selasphora (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll

References
  1. Zafra selasphora (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
  • "Zafra selasphora". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.


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