Volvarina taeniata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. taeniata
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina taeniata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
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Volvarina taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Description[edit]
The small, rather conical, smooth shell is pale-red and consists of five whorls. The spire is short. The aperture is elongate and rather narrow. The columella is four-plaited with the two plaits on top somewhat larger. The outer lip is smooth and somewhat reflexed.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Cape Verde
References[edit]
- Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83–124
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325-31973-2. 455 pp.
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
External links[edit]
- Jousseaume, F. (1881). Description de nouvelles coquilles. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 6: 172-188
- Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1
- Rochebrune, A.T. (1882). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles pour la faune de l'archipel du Cap-Vert. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 6: 24-32
- eeve, L. A. (1864–1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London