Galapagos Species Database
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Falsuszafrona incerta
Columbélida lisa, Smooth dove shell
(Z. incerta) Length: 9 mm.
(Z. incerta) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), low intertidal and subtidal, under rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Columbellidae
Genus
Falsuszafrona
Species
incerta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anachis incerta (Stearns, 1892), Nitidella incerta Stearns, 1892, Zafrona incerta (Stearns, 1892)(Horton et al., 2021) ; (Z. incerta)Type locality: Galapagos; ANSP: 170312, LACM: several lots (ex.: 66-123, 71-73, AHF 343-35), MHNG: 993-149, 993-150, 993-151, CDRS: 581, 707, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, Nitidella incerta Stearns, 1892 (basionym)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (Z. incerta) Gulf of California to Panamá and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
- Stearns, R.E.C. (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new molluscan forms from West American regions., etc. The Nautilus 6(8): 85-89.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Falsuszafrona incerta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19918. Accessed 31 October 2026.