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Zafra savignyi

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Species of gastropod

Zafra savignyi
Shell of Zafra savignyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zafra
Species: Z. savignyi
Binomial name
Zafra savignyi
(Moazzo, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Columbella (Seminella) savignyi Moazzo, 1939
  • Columbella savignyi Moazzo, 1939

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

The species is found in the Suez Canal, Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.

References

  1. Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  • Moazzo, P. G. (1939). Mollusques testacés marins du Canal de Suez. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Égypte. 38: 1-283, pls 1-14 + frontispice, maps 1-4
  • van Gemert, L. J. (2008). A new book on shells from the Red Sea by Mary Lyn Rushmore-Villaume. De Kreukel. 44 (7-8): 143-150.
  • Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

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Taxon identifiers
Zafra savignyi


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