Biology:Zafra troglodytes

Zafra troglodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafra
Species:	Z. troglodytes
Binomial name
	Zafra troglodytes; (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
Synonyms
	Columbella garretti Tryon, 1883; Columbella troglodytes Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866; Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866 (basionym); Columbella troglodytes var. fulvastra Hervier, 1899; Columbella troglodytes var. sinensis G.B. Sowerby, 1894; Anachis sinensis Sowerby, G.B. III, 1894;

Zafra troglodytes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

Shell size varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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