Zafra darwini explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

(Described as Zafra almiranta) The small shell is solid and conical. Its colour is buff with a peripheral andbasal row of ferruginous dashes. The shell contains six whorls.

Sculpture : the first two whorls are smooth, the remainder radially ribbed. The ribs are prominent, widely spaced, fifteen on the body whorl, their tops cut off as a bead-row by a subsutural furrow. The base has six, crowded, spiral cords, of which the smaller inner ones are nodulose at the passage of the ribs. The aperture is narrow. There are several denticles within the outer lip. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

References

• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra darwini (Angas, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511606 on 2023-10-07
2. http://ia600404.us.archive.org/25/items/proceedingsoflin39linn/proceedingsoflin39linn.pdf Hedley C. (1915), Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 39