Zafra troglodytes | |
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Shell of Zafra troglodytes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zafra |
Species: | Z. troglodytes
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Binomial name | |
Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Zafra troglodytes is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
Shell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.
This species is more biconical in shape than Zafra succinea, with a carinated protoconch, and a different colour pattern.
This species occurs in the Red Sea, Aden and Djibouti; and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Zafra troglodytes | |
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Shell of Zafra troglodytes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zafra |
Species: | Z. troglodytes
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Binomial name | |
Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Zafra troglodytes is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
Shell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.
This species is more biconical in shape than Zafra succinea, with a carinated protoconch, and a different colour pattern.
This species occurs in the Red Sea, Aden and Djibouti; and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.