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. 1 2 Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.


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