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Zafra gracilenta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Zafra
ID: 1371909
pID: 847344
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 16:52:54 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-24 23:39:19
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371909/
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[[t:1371909;<em>Zafra gracilenta</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371909/"><em>Zafra gracilenta</em></a>
pID: 847344
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-30 16:52:54 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-24 23:39:19
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371909/
Text function: [[t:1371909;<em>Zafra gracilenta</em>]]
[[t:1371909;<em>Zafra gracilenta</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1371909/"><em>Zafra gracilenta</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98072
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:18:56 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:18:56 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell size typical for genus, adult size of holotype 4.1 mm; fusiform, elongate. Suture slightly impressed. Protoconch paucispiral, -1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch of four whorls. Axial sculpture of 11-12 strong ribs on all teleoconch whorls. Spiral sculpture of basal cords, ventrally ranging to just below adapical end of columella. Outer lip slightly thickened, bearing continuation of basal cords. Inner lip with thin rim of partially merged denticles and terminal sinus. Columellar callus thickened, slightly raised. Parietal callus thickened. Columella smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls off-white to pale beige in colour. Protoconch off-white. Aperture and columella off-white.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98074
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:20:40 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1371909,textblock=98074,elang=EN;Interchangeable taxa]]
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:20:40 - User Delsing Jan
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This species stands apart from all congeners in the slender, elongate shape of the shell.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98073
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:19:55 - User Delsing Jan
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Created: 2019-12-31 09:19:55 - User Delsing Jan
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North of New Caledonia. Grand Passage.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing