Volvarina warrenii

Volvarina warrenii
Shell of Volvarina warrenii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. warrenii
Binomial name
Volvarina warrenii
(Marrat, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyalina warrenii (Marrat, 1876)
  • Marginella hahni Mabille, 1884
  • Marginella warrenii Marrat, 1876 (original combination)
  • Volvarina patagonica (E. von Martens, 1881) junior subjective synonym

Volvarina warrenii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.3 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The fusiform-oblong shell is glaucous and milky. It is girdled with two spiral, orange-brown bands. The conical shell is slightly obtuse and has a blunt tip. The outer lip is somewhat flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina warrenii (Marrat, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474083 on 2023-09-16
  2. ^ Marrat, F. P. (1876). Descriptions of five new Marginellae. Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 1: 136-13
  • Mabille, J. (1884). Description d'une espèce du genre Marginella. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France, 1 (1/2): 132. Paris
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp