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
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]}

References

1. Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
2. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum pulchellum)

• Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• 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.

External links

• Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl.
• Dunker, W. (1847). Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4: 59-64
• Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17
• Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 66–106
• "Zafrona pulchella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.