Volvarina bullula

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Volvarina bullula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. bullula
Binomial name
Volvarina bullula
(Reeve, 1865)

Volvarina bullula, common name the little bubble marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]

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Description

The shell is cylindrically oblong, transparent-white and glassy. The spire is obtusely conical. The outer lip is flexuous. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Borneo, Indonesia.

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