Zafrona

Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[2]

Zafrona
Shell of Zafrona isomella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zafrona Iredale, 1916[1]
Type species
Columbella isomella Duclos, 1840
Synonyms
Anachis (Zafrona) Iredale, 1916

Description

(Original description) The species vary in size, sculpture, and shape. Thus some are very small, 2 mm., to comparatively large, 5 mm., from slender to obese, and from closely sculptured to almost smooth.

Species

Species within the genus Zafrona include:

• † Zafrona arpula (Michelotti, 1840)
• Zafrona azteci K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Zafrona dentata Perugia, 2023
• Zafrona fatuhiva K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840)
• Zafrona kilburni Bozzetti, 2009^[3]
• Zafrona lightfooti (Smith, 1901)^[4]
• Zafrona macronata Simone, 2009^[5]
• Zafrona pleuriferoides K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• † Zafrona recticostata (Sacco, 1890)
• Zafrona samadiae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Zafrona somalica Bozzetti, 2007^[6]
• † Zafrona sphaerocorrugata Harzhauser & Landau, 2021
• Zafrona striatula (Dunker, 1871)
• Zafrona subfelina (Hervier, 1900)
• Zafrona ursula (Thiele, 1925)

Species brought into synonymy

• Zafrona belkisae Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007:^[7] synonym of Falsuszafrona belkisae (Espinosa & Ortea, 2007)
• Zafrona consobrinella Rehder, 1980: synonym of Zafrona striatula (Dunker, 1871)
• Zafrona decussata Lussi, 2002^[8] synonym of Retizafra decussata (Lussi, 2002)
• Zafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889):^[9] synonym of Falsuszafrona dicomata (Dall, 1889)
• Zafrona diversa Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007:^[10] synonym of Falsuszafrona diversa (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007) (original combination)
• Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840):^[11] synonym of Falsuszafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840)
• Zafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892): synonym of Falsuszafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892)
• Zafrona lindae Petuch, 1992: synonym of Falsuszafrona lindae (Petuch, 1992) (original combination)
• Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829):^[12] synonym of Falsuszafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)
• Zafrona sunderlandi Petuch, 1987: synonym of Falsuszafrona sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
• Zafrona taylorae Petuch, 1987:^[13] synonym of Falsuszafrona taylorae (Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
• Zafrona tortugana Garcia, 2015: synonym of Falsuszafrona tortugana (E. F. García, 2015) (original combination)
• Zafrona trifilosa (E.A. Smith, 1882): synonym of Smithena trifilosa (E. A. Smith, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)