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Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1900)

Zafra obesula

AphiaID

511623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511623)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Zafra A. Adams, 1860

Original name

Columbella obesula Hervier, 1900

Synonymised names

Columbella obesula Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Columbella obesula Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 376 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Treated as a synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie, 1866) by Sleurs (1987)

Taxonomy Treated as a synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie, 1866) by Sleurs (1987) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511623 on 2026-07-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-01 19:50:42Z

created

Monsecour, Kevin

2022-10-29 19:09:45Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Columbella obesula Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 376 [details]

Other

additional source Sleurs W. (1987). The marine microgastropods from the Northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) III. Family Columbellidae (Subfamily Pyreninae), with description of two new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 4: 33-68, pl. A, B.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Monsecour, K. & Raines, B. K. (2024). New species and genus of Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from the western Pacific. Zootaxa. 5514(4): 353-367., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5514.4.4
page(s): 363, figs 4M-N [details] Available for editors

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