Zafra impedita is an extinct species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zafra impedita Laws, 1940 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831096 on 2023-10-14
Distribution Fossils of this marine species were found in Late Pliocene - Pleistocene strata in New Zealand.
References
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links Laws, C.R. (1940) Paleontological study of Nukumaruan and Waitotaran rocks near Wanganui. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70, 34–56, pls. 5–7.