Falsuszafrona dicomata

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

Falsuszafrona dicomata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Falsuszafrona
Species:
F. dicomata
Binomial name
Falsuszafrona dicomata
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Anachis (Nitidella) moleculina var. dicomata Dall, 1889 (basionym)
  • Zafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889) ·

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

This is a very pretty little form collected by Hemphill on the reefs at Key West. It differs from Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1840) in being smaller, more distinctly spirally grooved all over, and in having the brown color (on a translucent ground) concentrated in two revolving brown bands, one above and the other below the periphery, the upper one alone being visible on the older whorls. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Key West, Florida, the Bahamas, Martinique and Guadeloupe

References

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  • 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.
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