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Zafra obesula

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Zafra obesula
Shell of Zafra obesula
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. obesula
Binomial name
Zafra obesula
(Hervier, 1900)
Synonyms

Columbella obesula Hervier, 1900 superseded combination

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

Taxonomy

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Treated as a synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie, 1866) by Sleurs (1987)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands and the Philippines; also off Papua New Guinea and North Queensland, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511623 on 2023-10-06
  • Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301–316, pls 30-33
  • Sleurs W. (1987). The marine microgastropods from the Northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) III. Family Columbellidae (Subfamily Pyreninae), with description of two new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 4: 33–68, pl. A, B.
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