Volvarina exilis

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Volvarina exilis
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Shell of Volvarina exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. exilis
Binomial name
Volvarina exilis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Marginella exilis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Marginella fuscaG. B. Sowerby II, 1846
  • Marginella rufescensReeve, 1865
  • Marginella tribalteataReeve, 1865
  • Marginella triticeaLamarck, 1822
  • Prunum exile(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta biannullataO. Fabricius, 1826 junior subjective synonym
  • Voluta exilisGmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Volvarina fuscaG.B. Sowerby II, 1846
  • Volvarina rufescensReeve, 1865
  • Volvarina simeriJousseaume, 1875
  • Volvarina tribalteataReeve, 1865

Volvarina exilis, common name the three-belted 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 length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is conically cylindrical, opaque-white and shining. It is encircled with three orange-brown bands. The spire is small. The whorls are rather swollen at the upper part and attenuated at the lower. The outer lip is moderately flexuous. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Morocco.

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