Zafrona
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| Zafrona | |
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| Shell of Zafrona isomella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zafrona Iredale, 1916[1] |
| Type species | |
| Columbella isomella Duclos, 1840 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anachis (Zafrona) Iredale, 1916 | |
Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
(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.
