Zafra exilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zafra |
Species: | Z. exilis |
Binomial name | |
Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Columbella exilis Philippi, 1849 (basionym) |
Zafra exilis is a small species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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This species occurs and is endemic in the Red Sea and off Oman, Aden and Djibouti and as an introduced species off the Canary Islands.
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