Zafrona striatula

Species of gastropod

Zafrona striatula
Shell of Zafrona striatula
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. striatula
Binomial name
Zafrona striatula
(Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Amycla striatula Dunker, 1871 (original combination)
  • Columbella filamentosa Tryon, 1883
  • Columbella lifouana Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella lifouana var. intermissa Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella lifouana var. rufolineata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella striatula (Dunker, 1871) ((incorrect generic combination))
  • Zafrona consobrinella Rehder, 1980

Zafrona striatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

(Described as Columbella filamentosa) The shell is slightly but closely longitudinally ribbed, with revolving striae at the base. The outer lip is varicosely thickened, smooth within, sinuate behind, terminating in a short but distinctly constricted siphonal canal. The shell is yellowish brown, with numerous equidistant narrow revolving chestnut lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia, Hawaii, Easter Island, Cook Islands.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafrona striatula (Dunker, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511653 on 2023-10-17
  2. ^ Tryon, G. W. (1883). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 5: Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae. pp 1-276, pls 1-63. Philadelphia, published by the author.
  • Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2018). Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris. 56(4): 118–151.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
  • Dunker, W. (1871). Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter. 18: 150-175
  • Hervier J. (1900 ("1899") ). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14
  • Rehder, H.A. (1980). The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 289: 1-167, 15 figs, 14 pls
  • Monsecour, K.; Köhler, F. (2006). Annotated list of columbellid types held in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin – Zoologische Reihe. 82(2): 282-306
Taxon identifiers
Zafrona striatula
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