Zafra digglesi
| Zafra digglesi | |
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| Shell of Zafra digglesi (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zafra |
| Species: | Z. digglesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zafra digglesi (Brazier, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Columbella (Anachis) digglesi Brazier, 1875 (original combination) | |
Zafra digglesi is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The oblong-ovate shell is thin and glassy. It is whitish, marked with oblique reddish lines. The shell is longitudinally narrowly ribbed. The shell contains 5½ whorls, tabled at the suture. The apex is acute and light blue. The aperture is ear-shaped and half the length of the shell. The outer lip is minutely denticulated within. The columella is curved and finely striated, with a callus extending to the upper part. The siphonal canal is short.[2]
Distribution
This deep-water marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.
References
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- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra digglesi (Brazier, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511608 on 2023-10-07
- ^ Brazier, J. (1875). Descriptions of eleven new species of terrestrial and marine shells from North-East Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1874): 668-672, pl. 83