Zafra pumila

Zafra pumila
Shell of Zafra pumila (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafra
Species:	Z. pumila
Binomial name
Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
Anachis bifasciata Ardovini, 2005 Columbella atomella Duclos, 1835 Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1875 Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1874 Columbella hordeacea Philippi, 1849 Columbella minuscula Gould, 1860 Columbella pumila Dunker, 1858 (basionym) Columbella pumila Souverbie, 1863 Columbella regulus Souverbie, 1864 Zafra minuscula Gould, A.A., 1860 Zafra avicennia Hedley, 1914 Zafra gowllandi Brazier, J., 1874 Zafra bifasciata Ardovini, R., 2005

Zafra pumila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Northern KwaZuluNatal, RSA, Réunion and in the Western Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Queensland, and New South Wales

References

1. Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

• Gastropods.com : Zafra pumila; accessed : 4 November 2010