Zafrona somalica

Species of gastropod

Zafrona somalica
Shell of Zafrona somalica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafrona
Species:
Z. somalica
Binomial name
Zafrona somalica
Bozzetti, 2007[1]

Zafrona somalica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Somalia.

References

  1. ^ Bozzetti (2007). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 54 (1) : 10. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Zafrona somalica Bozzetti, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Bozzetti L. (2007) Zafrona somalica (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Columbellidae: Columbellinae) nuova specie dalla Somalia. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 54: 9-10.
Taxon identifiers
Zafrona somalica


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