Zafra smithi

Zafra smithi
Shell of Zafra smithi (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafra
Species:	Z. smithi
Binomial name
Zafra smithi (Angas, 1877)
Synonyms
Anachis smithi(Angas, 1877). Columbella lentiginosaAngas, G.F. 1867. Columbella (Anachis) smithiAngas, 1877 (original combination) Macrozafra smithi(Angas, 1877) Seminella smithi(Angas, 1877).

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is elongately ovate and moderately solid, presenting a purplish olive hue. It features a band of white dots just below the suture, and another encircles the middle of the body whorl. The 6 whorls are strongly and closely longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs becoming evanescent towards the base of the lower whorl, which is transversely grooved. The aperture is narrowly subquadrate, and the siphonal canal is short, everted, and recurved. ^[2]

Distribution

The range of this marine species is unclear due to uncertaintly of identification. It is considered a tropical Indo-Pacific species by Kay (1979) and Beechey (2007), Wilson (1994) restricts it to New South Wales, and MacPherson & Gabriel (1962) list it from Victoria. This species also occurs off Hawaii.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra smithi (Angas, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511635 on 2023-10-07
2. Angas, G.F. 1877. Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 171–177, pl. 26, figs 26, 27 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233
• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39–92
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published.
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Conchology.be: image