Zafra hervieri

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

Zafra hervieri
Shell of Zafra hervieri
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. hervieri
Binomial name
Zafra hervieri
(Pace, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Columbella hervieri Pace, 1903 (original combination)
  • Columbella peasei var. influata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella peasei var. lemniscata Hervier, 1900
  • Zafra lemniscata (Hervier, 1899)

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Two-Isles, Australia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hervieri (Pace, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511614 on 2023-10-10
  • Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published.
  • 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.J. 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
  • Monsecour, K. 2008. Columbellidae. pp. 64-78 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 2. Gastropoda Part 2. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 2 pp. 1-848, pls 1-707.
  • Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2018). Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris. 56(4): 118-151
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