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Zafra (gastropod)
''Zafra'' is a large genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182802 on 22 September 2023 Description The shells are typically small. They are elongated and conical, often featuring sculptured patterns of fine ribs or spiral ridges. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture of the shell is usually narrow and elongated, with a distinct, but short siphonal canal. The shells are often adorned with intricate patterns, including coloration variations. Distribution These gastropods are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, inhabiting various marine environments such as rocky shores, sandy bottoms, and coral reefs. Feeding behavior Zafra snails are carnivorous predators. They use a specialized proboscis to capture and consume their prey. Once captured, the prey is imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Adams (zoologist)
Arthur Adams (1820 in Gosport, Hampshire – 1878) was an England, English physician and natural history, naturalist. Adams was assistant surgeon Royal Navy on board HMS Samarang (1822), HMS ''Samarang'' during the survey of the islands of the East Indian Archipelago, Eastern Archipelago, from 1843 to 1846. He edited the ''Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang'' (1850). Adam White (zoologist), Adam White collaborated with him in the descriptions of the Crustacean, Crustacea from the voyage. In 1857, during the Second Opium War, Second China War whilst serving as Surgeon on HMS Actaeon (1831), HMS ''Actaeon'', he was present at the storming of Guangzhou, Canton and awarded the Second China War Medal, China War Medal. He retired as Staff Surgeon aboard flagship HMS Royal Adelaide (1828), HMS ''Royal Adelaide'' at Plymouth in 1870. He was a prolific malacology, malacologist who described "hundreds of new species, most of them unillustrated and insufficiently diagnosed". He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Cinnamomea
''Zafra cinnamomea'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra cinnamomea (Hervier, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511604 on 2023-10-06 Description The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Lifou Island Lifou Island, historically spelt Lifu or Lefu in English, and known as Drehu in the local language, is the largest, most populous and most important island of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an French overseas territor ..., Loyalty Islands. References External links Hervier J. (1900 ("1899") ). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14. cinnamomea Gastropods described in 1900 {{Columbellidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Hervieri
''Zafra hervieri'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hervieri (Pace, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511614 on 2023-10-10 Description The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Two-Isles, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... References * Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. * Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301–316, pls 30-33 * Sleurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Hedleyi
''Zafra hedleyi'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hedleyi (Thiele, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511613 on 2023-10-10 Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust .... References * Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. External links Monsecour, K.; Köhler, F. (2006). Annotated list of columbellid types held in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Mol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Hahajimana
''Zafra hahajimana'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hahajimana (Pilsbry, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511612 on 2023-10-10 Description The length of the shell attains 2.8mm, its diameter 1.3mm. The very minute shell is obesely fusiform and moderately solid. It is yellowish marked with some faint angular brown lines or with white belts at the suture, periphery and base, and marked with angular brown lines, and a row of oblong spots above the middle. The sculpture consists of many close, small longitudinal folds which do not extend below the periphery. The narrow part of the base is spirally striated. The white aperture is about half the length of the shell. It is narrow and sinuous. The outer lip is toothed within. The columellar lip is very minutely so. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Gracilenta
''Zafra gracilenta'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra gracilenta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888031 on 2023-10-07 Description The length of the shell attains 4.1 mm. Distribution This deep-water marine species occurs off New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t .... References * Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D. (2016). Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 208: 291–362. External links Biolib.cz: image gracilenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Geyserensis
''Zafra geyserensis'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra geyserensis Drivas & M. Jay, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511611 on 2023-10-10 Description The length of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 0.6 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Mozambique Channel The Mozambique Channel (, , ) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about long and across at its narrowest point, and reaches a depth of about off the coa .... References External links Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Fuscomaculata
''Zafra fuscomaculata'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra fuscomaculata (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511610 on 2023-10-10 Distribution This marine species was found off Western Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. .... References * Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 External links Monsecour, K.; Köhler, F. (2006). Annotated list of columbellid types held in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Fuscolineata
''Zafra fuscolineata'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra fuscolineata W. R. B. Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511609 on 2023-10-07 Description The length of the shell varies between 2 mm to 5 mm; diameter 1 mm. (Original description) The shell is broadly fusiform and truncate in front. The apex is obtuse. The shell contains five flatly rounded whorls. The suture is impressed. The oblong aperture is slightly produced in front. The outer edge is nearly straight. The inner edge is angled above. The shallow outer lip is thin with a sinus at the suture. The inner lip is thickened and straight below. The short siphonal canal is wide. Sculpture: the smooth protoconch consists of 1½ whorls. The adult whorls show low, slightly oblique, axial ridges; about 15 on the penultimate whorl and become obsolete on the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Farasanensis
''Zafra farasanensis'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ... References * Neubert, E. (1998). Six new species of marine gastropods from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Fauna of Arabia 17: 463-472 farasanensis Gastropods described in 1998 {{Columbellidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Exilis
''Zafra exilis'' is a small species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm. Distribution This species occurs and is endemic in the Red Sea and off Oman, Aden and Djibouti and as an introduced species off the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont .... References * Vine, P. (1986).'' Red Sea Invertebrates''. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. * Boyer, F., Pelorce, J. & Gori, S. (2022). Révision des Columbellidae de l'île de Masirah, Oman. Partie 1 : genres Smithena gen. nov., Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853, Zafra A. Adams, 1860 et Parvanachis Radwin, 1968. Novapex. 23(3): 87-110. External links Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra Digglesi
''Zafra digglesi'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra digglesi (Brazier, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511608 on 2023-10-07 Description The oblong-ovate shell is thin and glassy. It is whitish, marked with oblique reddish lines. The shell is longitudinally narrowly ribbed. The shell contains 5½ whorls, tabled at the suture. The apex is acute and light blue. The aperture is ear-shaped and half the length of the shell. The outer lip is minutely denticulated within. The columella is curved and finely striated, with a callus extending to the upper part. The siphonal canal is short. Distribution This deep-water marine species occurs off Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |