Zafra exilis

Zafra exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafra
Species:	Z. exilis
Binomial name
Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms
Columbella exilis Philippi, 1849 (basionym)

Zafra exilis is a small species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs and is endemic in the Red Sea and off Oman, Aden and Djibouti and as an introduced species off the Canary Islands.

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Boyer, F., Pelorce, J. & Gori, S. (2022). Révision des Columbellidae de l'île de Masirah, Oman. Partie 1 : genres Smithena gen. nov., Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853, Zafra A. Adams, 1860 et Parvanachis Radwin, 1968. Novapex. 23(3): 87-110.

External links

• Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10): 151-160
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). On a collection of Columbellidae from the Red Sea. Apex. 12: 27-30
• "Zafra exilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.

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