''Zafrona'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) Wo ...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zafrona'' include:
* ''
Zafrona azteci''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Zafrona dicomata''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Zafrona diversa''
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007
* ''
Zafrona fatuhiva''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* ''
Zafrona incerta''
(Stearns, 1892)
* ''
Zafrona isomella
''Zafrona'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.B ...
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(Duclos, 1840)
* ''
Zafrona kilburni''
Bozzetti, 2009
* ''
Zafrona lightfooti
''Zafrona lightfooti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafrona lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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(Smith, 1901)
* ''
Zafrona lindae''
Petuch, 1992
* ''
Zafrona macronata''
Simone, 2009
* ''
Zafrona pleuriferoides''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* ''
Zafrona pulchella
''Zafrona pulchella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.
The oblong shell is lanceolate and subturre ...
''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''
Zafrona samadiae''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Zafrona somalica''
Bozzetti, 2007
* ''
Zafrona striatula'' (Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Zafrona subfelina''
(Hervier, 1899)
* ''
Zafrona sunderlandi''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Zafrona taylorae''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Zafrona tortugana''
Garcia, 2015
* ''
Zafrona trifilosa''
(E.A. Smith, 1882)
* ''
Zafrona ursula'' (Thiele, 1925)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Zafrona belkisae''
Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007: synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona belkisae''
(Espinosa & Ortea, 2007)
* ''Zafrona consobrinella''
Rehder, 1980: synonym of ''Zafrona striatula''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''Zafrona decussata''
Lussi, 2002 synonym of ''
Retizafra decussata''
(Lussi, 2002)
* ''Zafrona idalina''
(Duclos, 1840):
synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona idalina''
(Duclos, 1840)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
External links
*
Iredale T. (1916). On some new and old molluscan names. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(1): 27-37
Columbellidae
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