Zafra darwini

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Zafra darwini
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Shell of Zafra darwini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species:
Z. darwini
Binomial name
Zafra darwini
(Angas, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Columbella darwiniAngas, 1877 (original combination)
  • Columbella lentiginosaReeve, 1859
  • Zafra almirantaHedley, 1915

Zafra darwini is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

(Described as Zafra almiranta) The small shell is solid and conical. Its colour is buff with a peripheral and basal row of ferruginous dashes. The shell contains six whorls.

Sculpture : the first two whorls are smooth, the remainder radially ribbed. The ribs are prominent, widely spaced, fifteen on the body whorl, their tops cut off as a bead-row by a subsutural furrow. The base has six, crowded, spiral cords, of which the smaller inner ones are nodulose at the passage of the ribs. The aperture is narrow. There are several denticles within the outer lip. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra darwini (Angas, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511606 on 2023-10-07
  2. ↑ Hedley C. (1915), Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 39
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