Zafra (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Zafra is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Columbellidae
, the dove snails.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Columbellidae
Columbellidae
Columbellidae, common name the "dove snails" or "dove shells" are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Distribution:...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus Zafra include:- Zafra aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra alternata (Gould, 1860)
- Zafra altispiraZafra altispiraZafra altispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Bozzetti, 2008 - Zafra ambonensisZafra ambonensisZafra ambonensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
de Maintenon, 2008 - Zafra atrata (Gould, 1860)
- Zafra bilineataZafra bilineataZafra bilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
de Maintenon, 2008 - Zafra brevissima (Hervier, 1899)
- Zafra cinnamomea (Hervier, 1899)
- Zafra comistea (Melvill, 1906)
- Zafra darwini (Angas, 1877)
- Zafra debilis Hedley, 1915
- Zafra digglesi Brazier, 1874
- Zafra exilisZafra exilisZafra exilis is a small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Red Sea and as an introduced species along the Canary Islands.-References:...
(Philippi, 1849) - Zafra farasanensisZafra farasanensisZafra farasanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Neubert, 1998 - Zafra fuscolineata Oliver, 1915
- Zafra fuscomaculata (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra geyserensis Drivas & Jay, 1997
- Zafra hahajimana (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Zafra hedleyi (Thiele, 1930)
- Zafra hervieri (Pace, 1902)
- Zafra kaicherae Drivas & Jay, 1990
- Zafra kermadecensis Oliver, 1915
- Zafra marisrubrisZafra marisrubrisZafra marisrubris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Neubert, 1998 - Zafra melitoma (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Zafra microstoma (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra minuta (Gould, 1860)
- Zafra mitriformis A. Adams, 1860
- Zafra morini (Viader, 1938)
- Zafra niasensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1899)
- Zafra ocellatula (Hervier, 1899)
- Zafra ornata (Pease, 1868)
- Zafra padangensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra paulina (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra phaula (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Zafra rapanuiensisZafra rapanuiensisZafra rapanuiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Raines, 2002 - Zafra rufopiperata (Smith, 1884)
- Zafra salutaris (Melvill, 1910)
- Zafra savignyiZafra savignyiZafra savignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Moazzo, 1939) - Zafra saviniae (Viader, 1951)
- Zafra selasphoraZafra selasphoraZafra selasphora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll-References:* Taylor, J.D....
(Melvill & Standen, 1901) - Zafra semiclatriata Sleurs, 1987
- Zafra seminulum (Thiele, 1925)
- Zafra smithi (Angas, 1877)
- Zafra subvitrea (Smith, 1879)
- Zafra succinea (Hervier, 1899)
- Zafra tayloraeZafra tayloraeZafra taylorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Raines, 2002 - Zafra townsendi (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
- Zafra ulinganensis Sleurs, 1987
- Zafra vercoi (Thiele, 1930)
- Zafra vexillumZafra vexillumZafra vexillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Bozzetti, 2008 - Zafra virginea (Gould, 1860)