Zafrona

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Zafrona
Shell of Zafrona isomella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafrona
Iredale, 1916[1]
Type species
Columbella isomella Duclos, 1840
Synonyms

Anachis (Zafrona) Iredale, 1916

Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Description[edit]

(Original description) The species vary in size, sculpture, and shape. Thus some are very small, 2 mm., to comparatively large, 5 mm., from slender to obese, and from closely sculptured to almost smooth.

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Zafrona include:

Species brought into synonymy

References[edit]

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp

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