Falsuszafrona pulchella

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

Falsuszafrona pulchella
Three shells of Falsuszafrona pulchella (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Falsuszafrona
Species:	F. pulchella
Binomial name
Falsuszafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)
Synonyms
Anachis subcostulata (C. B. Adams, 1845) Anachis subcostulata var. subcincta Nowell-Usticke, 1969 Buccinum oryza Dunker, 1847 Buccinum pulchellum Blainville, 1829 (original combination) Columbella subcostulata C. B. Adams, 1845 Mitrella (Astyris) elegantula Mörch, 1860 Mitrella elegantula Mörch, 1860 Parvanachis pulchella (Blainville, 1829) Pyrene pulchella G.B. Sowerby, 1844 Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

The oblong shell is lanceolate and subturreted. It isof a whitish or reddish color, beautifully varied with simple or decussated brown spots or lines, forming sometimes a very elegant network. The spire is composed of six pretty distinct, slightly swollen whorls. Numerous longitudinal folds, slightly projecting, and crossed by decurrent striae, almost amounting to folds, can be seen at the base of the body whorl. The whitish aperture is narrow and elongated. The outer lip is rather thin and indistinctly denticulated within.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico.^{[citation needed]}