Volvarina adela

Volvarina adela
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina adela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. abdieli
Binomial name
Volvarina abdieli (Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
Marginella adelaThiele, 1925 (original combination) Prunum adelum(Thiele, 1925) Volvarina dawnae(K.H.J. Thiele, 1925) (not Lussi & G. Smith, 1996)

Volvarina adela 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 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at the Agulhas Bank and off the Durban Bay.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina adela (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474005 on 2023-08-22

• Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.