
Zafra mitriformis
Zafra mitriformis is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter is 2 mm. (Original description in Latin) The shell is mitriform, thickened in the middle, and white, with a dark brown band along the sutures. The body whorl is tinged with red at the base and is encircled at the periphery by a narrow red transverse line. The shell has 6.5 whorls, which are rather flat and longitudinally plicate. The plications are strong, oblique, and somewhat distant from one another. The body whorl is constricted anteriorly and obliquely sulcate.
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1654086.