Zafra troglodytes is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zafra |
| Species: | Z. troglodytes
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| Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
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Description
editShell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.
This species is more biconical in shape than Zafra succinea, with a carinated protoconch, and a different colour pattern.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea, Aden and Djibouti; and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
edit- ^ a b Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
External links
edit- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genus. Apex. 12 (1): 31-42
- "Zafra troglodytes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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