Zafra hervieri explained

Zafra hervieri is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Two-Isles, Australia.

References

• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published.
• Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301–316, pls 30-33
• Sleurs, W.J. 1987. The marine microgastropods from the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) III. Family Columbellidae (Subfamily Pyreninae), with description of two new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 4: 33-68
• Monsecour, K. 2008. Columbellidae. pp. 64–78 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 2. Gastropoda Part 2. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 2 pp. 1–848, pls 1–707.
• Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2018). Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris. 56(4): 118-151

External links

• Pace S. (1903 (1902")). Critical notes on Hervier's monograph of the Columbellidae of New-Caledonia, with C. hervieri nom. nov. Journal de Conchyliologie. 50: 412-422.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra hervieri (Pace, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511614 on 2023-10-10