Volvarina avena

Volvarina avena
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. avena
Binomial name
Volvarina avena
(Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Hyalina avena (Kiener, 1834)
  • Marginella avena Kiener, 1834 (original combination)
  • Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846
  • Volvarina livida Reeve, 1865
  • Volvarina vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875

Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Forma

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil.

References

  1. Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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