Volvarina compressa

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Volvarina compressa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. compressa
Binomial name
Volvarina compressa
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms [1]

Marginella compressaReeve, 1865 ·

Volvarina compressa, common name the compressed 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, rather narrow, compressed in the middle, shining-white and glassy. The spire is small and obtuse. The outer lip is rather thickened, opaque. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Borneo, Indonesia.

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