Taxon profile

genus

Zafra Adams, 1860

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

Scientific synonyms

Anachis (Zafra) A. Adams, 1860
Columbella (Zafra) A. Adams, 1860

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Description

This genus was named by A. Adams for very small axially ribbed species with high spires. Protoconchs in these species generally have a midline spiral thread, but no other sculpture. Type species: Zafra mitriformis A. Adams, 1860.

Maintenon, M. de, 2008; Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 14. The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 66

species Zafra aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra alternata (Gould, 1860)

species Zafra ambonensis de Maintenon, 2008

species Zafra atrata (Gould, 1860)

species Zafra australensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2015

species Zafra babylonica (Hedley, 1907)

species Zafra bilineata de Maintenon, 2008

species Zafra brevissima (Hervier, 1899)

species Zafra brunneastriata Monsecour & Monsecour, 2018

species Zafra cinnamomea (R.P.J. Hervier, 1900)

species Zafra columnaria W.L. May, 1916

species Zafra darwini (Angas, 1877)

species Zafra debilis C. Hedley, 1915

species Zafra dejugis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

species Zafra digglesi (J.W. Brazier, 1875)

species Zafra exilis (R.A. Philippi, 1849)

species Zafra farasanensis E. Neubert, 1998

species Zafra fijiensis Monsecour & Raines, 2024

species Zafra fuscolineata W.R.B. Oliver, 1915

species Zafra fuscomaculata (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra geyserensis J. Drivas & M. Jay, 1997

species Zafra gracilenta K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

species Zafra hahajimana (Pilsbry, 1904)

species Zafra hedleyi (K.H.J. Thiele, 1930)

species Zafra hervieri G.L. Pace, 1902

species Zafra kaicherae Drivas & Jay, 1990

species Zafra kermadecensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915

species Zafra marisrubris E. Neubert, 1998

species Zafra melitoma (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901)

species Zafra microstoma (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra minuta (Gould, 1860)

species Zafra mitriformis A. Adams, 1860

species Zafra morini (Viader, 1938)

species Zafra niasensis (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra nukuhiva Monsecour & Monsecour, 2018

species Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1899)

species Zafra ocellatula (Hervier, 1900)

species Zafra ornata (W.H. Pease, 1868)

species Zafra padangensis (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra parilis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

species Zafra paulina (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra phaula (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901)

species Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1860)

species Zafra rapanuiensis B.K. Raines, 2002

species Zafra rufopiperata (E.A. Smith, 1884)

species Zafra salutaris (J.C. Melvill, 1910)

species Zafra savignyi Moazzo, 1939

species Zafra saviniae (Viader, 1951)

species Zafra selasphora (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

species Zafra semiclatriata Sleurs, 1987

species Zafra seminulum (Thiele, 1925)

species Zafra semisculpta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 ^inq.

species Zafra smithi (G.F. Angas, 1877)

species Zafra spadicea Monsecour & Raines, 2024

species Zafra stricosa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016

species Zafra subvitrea (E.A. Smith, 1879)

species Zafra succinea (Hervier, 1899)

species Zafra taylorae B.K. Raines, 2002

species Zafra thaanumi Monsecour & Raines, 2024

species Zafra townsendi (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901)

species Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)

species Zafra ulinganensis Sleurs, 1987

species Zafra vercoi (Thiele, 1930)

species Zafra vexillum L. Bozzetti, 2008

Fossil taxa

species Zafra impedita Laws, 1940 ^†

species Zafra opihiensis Laws, 1933 ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1260284]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Zafra A. Adams, 1860]
Data retrieved on: 22 January 2020

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