Volvarina avena

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Volvarina avena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. avena
Binomial name
Volvarina avena
(Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Hyalina avena(Kiener, 1834)
  • Marginella avenaKiener, 1834 (original combination)
  • Volvarina avena f. variaG. B. Sowerby, 1846
  • Volvarina lividaReeve, 1865
  • Volvarina vermiculataJousseaume, 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]

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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.

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References

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