Afrivoluta pringlei

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Afrivoluta pringlei
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The shell of a specimen of Afrivoluta pringlei
trawled off Cape Agulhas, South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellonidae
Genus: Afrivoluta
Species:
A. pringlei
Binomial name
Afrivoluta pringlei
Tomlin, 1947 [1]

Afrivoluta pringlei, commonly known as the pringle's marginella, is a species of large deep water sea snail with a glossy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellonidae. [2]

Contents

Tomlin called the genus Afrivoluta, and the genotype pringlei, after the director of the Port Elizabeth Museum and Snake Park.

Description

The length of the shell attains 120 mm. [3]

The shell is large and volute-like, with an oblong body whorl and a bluntly rounded apex. A well-developed, oval callus deposit is present near the parietal region. The surface is smooth and glossy. The aperture is narrow and elongated, with the basal half of the inner lip featuring four strong, oblique pleats. The outer lip is slightly thickened, with a convex edge in side view and a smooth interior. [3]

The shell is deep pinkish-orange to orange-brown, with the body whorl displaying two or more broad bands in a paler shade. The ventral callus ranges from cream-colored to pinkish-brown. [3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to South Africa, and it is found south-east of Cape Recife. Specimens have been found off Algoa Bay and Jeffreys Bay, azt depths between 70 m and 500 m. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Tomlin, John Read le Brockton (1947). "A new South African volutid". Journal of Conchology (print). 22 (10). London: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: 224–246.
  2. ↑ Afrivoluta pringlei Tomlin, 1947 . 23 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  3. 1 2 3 4 Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN   978-1-86868-098-6 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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