Zafrona lightfooti

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Zafrona lightfooti
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Zafrona lightfooti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafrona
Species:
Z. lightfooti
Binomial name
Zafrona lightfooti
(E. A. Smith, 1901)
Synonyms [1]
  • Anachis lightfooti(E. A. Smith, 1901)
  • Columbella (Astyris) lightfootiE. A. Smith, 1901 (basionym)
  • Columbella lightfootiE. A. Smith, 1901 (original combination)
  • Columbella lightfooti var. assimilansW. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Pyrene lightfooti(E. A. Smith, 1901)

Zafrona lightfooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description) This small species has an ovate-fusiform shape. It contains five whorls. It is well characterized by the style of coloration and the transverse sulcate sculpture. The interrupted transverse lines fall upon the slightly raised ridges between the sulci, and the interruptions are so regular that the shell presents series of short lines one under another. The grooving upon the anterior end of the body whorl is finer than that above. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafrona lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511651 on 2023-10-16
  2. ↑ Smith, E. A. (1901). On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology. 10: 104–116, 1 pl
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