''Zafrona'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
, the dove snails.
Description
(Original description) The species vary in size, sculpture, and shape. Thus some are very small, 2 mm., to comparatively large, 5 mm., from slender to obese, and from closely sculptured to almost smooth.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zafrona'' include:
* † ''
Zafrona arpula
''Zafrona arpula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.B ...
''
(Michelotti, 1840)
* ''
Zafrona azteci''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Zafrona dentata
''Zafrona dentata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafrona dentata Perugia, 2023. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
Perugia, 2023
* ''
Zafrona fatuhiva''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* ''
Zafrona isomella''
(Duclos, 1840)
* ''
Zafrona kilburni''
Bozzetti, 2009
* ''
Zafrona lightfooti''
(Smith, 1901)
* ''
Zafrona macronata''
Simone, 2009
* ''
Zafrona pleuriferoides''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* † ''
Zafrona recticostata
''Zafrona recticostata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order ...
''
(Sacco, 1890)
* ''
Zafrona samadiae''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Zafrona somalica''
Bozzetti, 2007
* † ''
Zafrona sphaerocorrugata
''Zafrona sphaerocorrugata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the ord ...
''
Harzhauser & Landau, 2021
* ''
Zafrona striatula''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Zafrona subfelina''
(Hervier, 1900)
* ''
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 dicomata''
(Dall, 1889): synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona dicomata''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Zafrona diversa''
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007: synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona diversa''
(Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007) (original combination)
* ''Zafrona idalina''
(Duclos, 1840): synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona idalina''
(Duclos, 1840)
* ''Zafrona incerta''
(Stearns, 1892): synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona incerta''
(Stearns, 1892)
* ''Zafrona lindae''
Petuch, 1992: synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona lindae
''Falsuszafrona lindae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Falsuszafrona lindae (Petuch, 1992). Accessed through: World Re ...
''
(Petuch, 1992) (original combination)
* ''Zafrona pulchella''
(Blainville, 1829): synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona pulchella''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Zafrona sunderlandi''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona sunderlandi''
(Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Zafrona taylorae''
Petuch, 1987:
synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona taylorae''
(Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Zafrona tortugana''
Garcia, 2015: synonym of ''
Falsuszafrona tortugana''
(E. F. García, 2015) (original combination)
* ''Zafrona trifilosa''
(E.A. Smith, 1882): synonym of ''
Smithena trifilosa
''Smithena'' 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 small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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
{{Columbellidae-stub