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Zafra atrata
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Zafra atrata

Zafra atrata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm. (Original description in Latin) The small, thick shell has an ovate-lanceolate shape. Its color is anthracite. It is surrounded anteriorly by striae. The shell contains six swollen whorls, slightly flattened. The narrow aperture is posteriorly acute. The simple outer lip is posteriorly sinuous and is barely denticulated inside.

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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 370412.