Zafra troglodytes
| Zafra troglodytes | |
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| Shell of Zafra troglodytes (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. troglodytes |
| Binomial name | |
| Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zafra troglodytes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
External links
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