Volvarina evanida

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Volvarina evanida
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Drawing of a shell of Volvarina evanida (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. evanida
Binomial name
Volvarina evanida
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Marginella evanidaG. B. Sowerby II, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mesoginella evanida(G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
  • Sinuginella evanida(G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Volvarina evanida, common name the alabaster 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 small, white shell is elongate and has an oval shape. The spire is short. The outer lip is thick and incrassate. It is bent inwards so as to narrow the aperture. The last two of the four plaits on the columella are close together and tumid. [2]

Distribution

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