| Volvarina compressa | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Volvarina compressa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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]
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]
This marine species occurs off Borneo, Indonesia.