Volvarina adrianadiae

Volvarina adrianadiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. adrianadiae
Binomial name
Volvarina adrianadiae Cossignani, 2006 [1]

Volvarina adrianadiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, Neogastropoda, the margin snails. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm. ^[3] Is believed to be carnivorous and most likely predatory but no known reports. ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Colombia in the Western Atlantic. Discovered by Marginellinae J. Fleming, 1828. Lives in 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C).

Taxonomy

• Animalia (Kingdom)
• Mollusca (Phylum)
• Gastropoda (Class)
• Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
• Neogastropoda (Order)
• Volutoidea (Superfamily)
• Marginellidae (Family)
• Marginellinae (Subfamily)
• Volvarina (Genus)

References

1. Cossignani. 2006. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 50 (1) : 15–17. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Volvarina adrianadiae Cossignani, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
3. Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1844). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. pt.12-15 (1844-1847). London: Academic Press, [etc.]
4. "Volvarina sp. Sea Snail". www.reeflex.net. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

• Minior D. (2020). Description of Hyalina cunhai, a new species of Marginellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern seaboard of Brazil. The Festivus. 52(3): 218-223.

External links

• WMSDB: image