Zafrona
| Zafrona | |
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| Shell of Zafrona isomella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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Anachis (Zafrona) Iredale, 1916 | |
Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
Description
[edit](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
[edit]Species within the genus Zafrona include:
- † Zafrona arpula (Michelotti, 1840)
- Zafrona azteci K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
- Zafrona dentata Perugia, 2023
- Zafrona fatuhiva K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
- Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840)
- Zafrona kilburni Bozzetti, 2009[3]
- Zafrona lightfooti (Smith, 1901)[4]
- Zafrona macronata Simone, 2009[5]
- Zafrona pleuriferoides K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
- † Zafrona recticostata (Sacco, 1890)
- Zafrona samadiae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
- Zafrona somalica Bozzetti, 2007[6]
- † Zafrona sphaerocorrugata 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:[7] synonym of Falsuszafrona belkisae (Espinosa & Ortea, 2007)
- Zafrona consobrinella Rehder, 1980: synonym of Zafrona striatula (Dunker, 1871)
- Zafrona decussata Lussi, 2002[8] synonym of Retizafra decussata (Lussi, 2002)
- Zafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889):[9] synonym of Falsuszafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889)
- Zafrona diversa Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007:[10] synonym of Falsuszafrona diversa (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007) (original combination)
- Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840):[11] synonym of Falsuszafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840)
- Zafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892): synonym of Falsuszafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892)
- Zafrona lindae Petuch, 1992: synonym of Falsuszafrona lindae (Petuch, 1992) (original combination)
- Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829):[12] synonym of Falsuszafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)
- Zafrona sunderlandi Petuch, 1987: synonym of Falsuszafrona sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
- Zafrona taylorae Petuch, 1987:[13] 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 (E. A. Smith, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
References
[edit]- ^ Iredale T. (1916). Proc. malac. Soc. London 12:, 32.
- ^ Zafrona Iredale, 1916. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 May 2011.
- ^ Zafrona kilburni Bozzetti, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Named for John Lightfoot .
- ^ Zafrona macronata Simone, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona somalica Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona belkisae Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona decussata Lussi, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona diversa Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ 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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