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.
Species
Species within the genus Zafrona include:
- â Zafrona arpula <small>(Michelotti, 1840)</small>
- Zafrona azteci <small>K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016</small>
- Zafrona dentata <small>Perugia, 2023</small>
- Zafrona fatuhiva <small>K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018</small>
- Zafrona isomella <small>(Duclos, 1840)</small>
- Zafrona kilburni <small>Bozzetti, 2009</small>
- Zafrona lightfooti <small>(Smith, 1901)</small>
- Zafrona macronata <small>Simone, 2009</small>
- Zafrona pleuriferoides <small>K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018</small>
- â Zafrona recticostata <small>(Sacco, 1890)</small>
- Zafrona samadiae <small>K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016</small>
- Zafrona somalica <small>Bozzetti, 2007</small>
- â Zafrona sphaerocorrugata <small>Harzhauser & Landau, 2021</small>
- Zafrona striatula <small>(Dunker, 1871)</small>
- Zafrona subfelina <small>(Hervier, 1900)</small>
- Zafrona ursula <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Zafrona belkisae <small>Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona belkisae <small>(Espinosa & Ortea, 2007)</small>
- Zafrona consobrinella <small>Rehder, 1980</small>: synonym of Zafrona striatula <small>(Dunker, 1871)</small>
- Zafrona decussata <small>Lussi, 2002</small> synonym of Retizafra decussata <small>(Lussi, 2002)</small>
- Zafrona dicomata <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona dicomata <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Zafrona diversa <small>Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona diversa <small>(Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)</small> (original combination)
- Zafrona idalina <small>(Duclos, 1840)</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona idalina <small>(Duclos, 1840)</small>
- Zafrona incerta <small>(Stearns, 1892)</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona incerta <small>(Stearns, 1892)</small>
- Zafrona lindae <small>Petuch, 1992</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona lindae <small>(Petuch, 1992)</small> (original combination)
- Zafrona pulchella <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona pulchella <small>(Blainville, 1829)</small>
- Zafrona sunderlandi <small>Petuch, 1987</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona sunderlandi <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> (original combination)
- Zafrona taylorae <small>Petuch, 1987</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona taylorae <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> (original combination)
- Zafrona tortugana <small>Garcia, 2015</small>: synonym of Falsuszafrona tortugana <small>(E. F. GarcÃÂa, 2015)</small> (original combination)
- Zafrona trifilosa <small>(E.A. Smith, 1882)</small>: synonym of Smithena trifilosa <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small> (unaccepted > superseded combination)
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
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