Falsuszafrona idalina

Falsuszafrona idalina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Falsuszafrona
Species:	F. idalina
Binomial name
	Falsuszafrona idalina; (Duclos, 1840)
Synonyms
	Columbella idalina Duclos, 1840 (original combination); Colombella kieneria Duclos, 1848; Colombella sagra d'Orbigny, 1846; Columbella lactea G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 junior subjective synonym; Columbella sagra var. atlantica Locard, 1897; Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840);

Falsuszafrona idalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Described as Columbella lactea) The whitish, oblong-ovate shell is shining. The spire is rather short and acuminated. It contains six somewhat convex and smooth whorls. The body whorl is large. The outer lip is thickened. The aperture is rather broad. The siphonal canal is short and slightly raised. ^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas and Guadeloupe.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

Pelorce J. (2020). Les Columbellidae collectés dans les eaux profondes autour de l'île de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) pendant la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 (2015) du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Iberus. 38(1): 55-111

External links[edit]

[WoRMS-1] Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published

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