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Zafra morini (Viader, 1938)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Zafra

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Zafra morini

Author: Jay

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Description

Protoconch of about 2,5-3 smooth whorls. Teleoconch most variable in colour pattern, with a spiral row of white blotches subsuturally, and under this a greyish brown zone with darker axial wavy lines. Adult length 2,8-3,0 mm. Found alive in the entrance to the harbour, under stones, 1 to 3 m deep. Common. Distribution: Reunion and Mauritius.
Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1990. The Columbellidae of Reunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Zafra morini (Viader, 1938)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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