Species Zafra smithi (Angas, 1877)

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Regional Maps

• Columbella lentiginosa Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233 [Date published 14 Feb. 1867] [195] (Not Columbella lentiginosa Hinds) [junior homonym].
• Columbella (Anachis) smithi Angas, G.F. 1877. Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 171-177, pl. 26, figs 26, 27 [172, pl. 26, fig. 7] [replacement name].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39–92 [49]

Generic Combinations

• Macrozafra smithi (Angas, 1877). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. [4]
• Seminella smithi (Angas, 1877). —
  Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [270]
• Anachis smithi (Angas, 1877). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [100]

Introduction

The range of this species is unclear due to uncertaintly of identification. Kay (1979) and Beechey (2007) treat it as a tropical Indo-Pacific species, Wilson (1994) restricts it to NSW, and MacPherson & Gabriel (1962) list it from Victoria.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

See note in Introduction

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocky shore.

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2007. Zafra smithi (Angas, 1877). Seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Columbellidae/Pages/Zafra_smithi.htm

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. [4]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [270]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [186]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [100]

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