Volvarina avena

Volvarina avena
Scientific classification
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]

Forma

• Volvarina avena f. beyerleana(Bernardi, 1953): synonym of Volvarina beyerleana (Bernardi, 1853)
• Volvarina avena f. variaG. B. Sowerby, 1846 accepted as Volvarina avena(Kiener, 1834)

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 Brazil.

References

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

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• "Volvarina avena". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.