Zafra savignyi

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

Zafra savignyi
Shell of Zafra savignyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafra
Species:	Z. savignyi
Binomial name
Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939)
Synonyms
Columbella (Seminella) savignyi Moazzo, 1939 Columbella savignyi Moazzo, 1939

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

The species is found in the Suez Canal, Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.

References

• Moazzo, P. G. (1939). Mollusques testacés marins du Canal de Suez. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Égypte. 38: 1-283, pls 1-14 + frontispice, maps 1-4
• van Gemert, L. J. (2008). A new book on shells from the Red Sea by Mary Lyn Rushmore-Villaume. De Kreukel. 44 (7-8): 143-150.
• Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

External links

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118
• Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493
• Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312
• Conchology.be: image