Zafra hahajimana

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Zafra hahajimana
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Shell of Zafra hahajimana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species:
Z. hahajimana
Binomial name
Zafra hahajimana
(Pilsbry, 1904)
Synonyms

Columbella hahajimanaPilsbry, 1904 (original combination)

Contents

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

(Original description) The very minute shell is obesely fusiform and moderately solid. It is yellowish marked with some faint angular brown lines or with white belts at the suture, periphery and base, and marked with angular brown lines, and a row of oblong spots above the middle.

The sculpture consists of many close, small longitudinal folds which do not extend below the periphery. The narrow part of the base is spirally striated. The white aperture is about half the length of the shell. It is narrow and sinuous. The outer lip is toothed within. The columellar lip is very minutely so. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Japanese part of the Philippine Sea and in the South Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hahajimana (Pilsbry, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511612 on 2023-10-10
  2. Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 56: 3-32