Zafrona macronata

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Zafrona macronata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafrona
Species:
Z. macronata
Binomial name
Zafrona macronata
(E. A. Smith, 1884)Simone, 2009 [1]

Zafrona macronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2.6 mm, its diameter 1.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

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