Zafra phaula

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Zafra phaula
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Shell of Zafra phaula (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species:
Z. phaula
Binomial name
Zafra phaula
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms

Columbella (Seminella) phaulaMelvill & Standen, 1901 superseded combination

Contents

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

This minute, ovate-obese shell is semipellucid. The shell contains five whorls of which two in the protoconch. It is doubtless nearly allied to Zafra melitoma and others of this group. It is much the smallest of the Karachi species, and the ribs are thicker in proportion to the size of the shell. There is no trace of spiral liration, nor has the outer lip any denticles on the inner surface. The aperture is narrow. The columella is simple. The form is also more attenuate and exiguous. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Karachi at the Pakistan coast.

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