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Zafra digglesi

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Zafra digglesi
Shell of Zafra digglesi (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species:
Z. digglesi
Binomial name
Zafra digglesi
(Brazier, 1875)
Synonyms

Columbella (Anachis) digglesi Brazier, 1875 (original combination)

Zafra digglesi is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

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The oblong-ovate shell is thin and glassy. It is whitish, marked with oblique reddish lines. The shell is longitudinally narrowly ribbed. The shell contains 5½ whorls, tabled at the suture. The apex is acute and light blue. The aperture is ear-shaped and half the length of the shell. The outer lip is minutely denticulated within. The columella is curved and finely striated, with a callus extending to the upper part. The siphonal canal is short.[2]

Distribution

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This deep-water marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

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