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Zafrona
Sign in to saveZafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyColumbellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Columbellidae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, NMV, DMNS, SDSM, DMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, Panama, French Polynesia, Australia, Haiti, Chile, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Columbellidae
- Image
- Zafrona idalina 001.jpg
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- Zafrona
- taxon name
- Zafrona
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Zafrona
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Encyclopedic overview
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Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
==Description== (Original description) The species vary in size, sculpture, and shape. Thus some are very small, 2 mm., to comparatively large, 5 mm., from slender to obese, and from closely sculptured to almost smooth.
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