Zafrona

Zafrona
Shell of Zafrona isomella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafrona
Iredale, 1916[1]
Type species
Columbella isomella Duclos, 1840
Synonyms

Anachis (Zafrona) Iredale, 1916

Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

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:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ Iredale T. (1916). Proc. malac. Soc. London 12:, 32.
  2. ^ Zafrona Iredale, 1916. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 May 2011.
  3. ^ Zafrona kilburni Bozzetti, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. ^ Named for John Lightfoot .
  5. ^ Zafrona macronata Simone, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. ^ Zafrona somalica Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. ^ Zafrona belkisae Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  8. ^ Zafrona decussata Lussi, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  9. ^ Zafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  10. ^ Zafrona diversa Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  11. ^ Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  12. ^ Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  13. ^ Zafrona taylorae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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