Zafra succinea is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra succinea (Hervier, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511637 on 2023-10-06
Taxonomy Treated as a synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie, 1866) by Sleurs (1987).
Description The length of the shell attains 5.7 mm and reaches a maximum diameter of 2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is very small, somewhat inflated and ovate in form, moderately solid, smooth, and glossy, with a pale amber hue that is bordered just below the suture by an opaque white band. It is composed of six to seven whorls, of which the first three are embryonic, rounded, smooth, and horn-like in texture. The subsequent whorls slope with a flattened convexity and are separated by a rather thick suture; they show longitudinal folds and, across the sutures, a raised ridge that connects the ribs. These small ribs are somewhat wavy, fairly thick, and broader toward the base.
The body whorl exceeds half the total length of the shell; it is inflated and gently rounded in convexity, becoming elongated and ridged near the base, and it terminates in a short, slightly recurved canal. The aperture is narrow and sinuous. The columella is concave above, somewhat straight in the middle, and indistinctly folded. The outer lip is simple, oblique, and somewhat flattened, sharp at the edge, and strongly indented just below the suture; within, it is thickened and distinctly furnished with small folds. Hervier J. (1900 ("1899") ). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14.
Distribution This marine species occurs off Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands and Papua New Guinea; also off the Philippines.
References
Sleurs W. (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, pl. A, B
External links
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genus. Apex. 12 (1): 31-42