{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Zafra altispira (MNHN-IM-2000-21459).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Smithena altispira'' (holotype at MNHN, Paris) |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Smithena |authority = Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022 |synonyms_ref =<ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = |type_species= ''Pleurotoma (Defrancia) trifilosa'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1882</small> }}
'''''Smithena''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae; the dove snails.<ref name="WoRMS"> MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Smithena Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606828 on 22 September 2023</ref> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Smithena'' include: * ''Smithena alfredensis'' <small>(Bartsch, 1915)</small> * ''Smithena altispira'' <small>(Bozzetti, 2008)</small> * ''Smithena omanensis'' <small>Perugia, 2023</small> * ''Smithena retiaria'' <small>(Tomlin, 1931)</small> * ''Smithena trifilosa'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small>
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} * Boyer, F., Pelorce, J. & Gori, S. (2022). Révision des Columbellidae de l'île de Masirah, Oman. Partie 1 : genres Smithena gen. nov., Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853, Zafra A. Adams, 1860 et Parvanachis Radwin, 1968. Novapex. 23(3): 87–110.
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Category:Columbellidae Category:Taxa named by Sandro Gori
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