Volvarina angustata
| Volvarina angustata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. angustata |
| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina angustata (Sowerby II, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene basin, Réunion, and in the Gulf of Bengal along the Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Southern India.
References
- 1 2 Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
- Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1-55.
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