| Volvarina fauna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. fauna |
| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina fauna (G.B. Sowerby I, 1846) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Volvarina fauna, common name the alabaster marginella. is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
(Described as Marginella alabaster) The shell is cylindrically-ovate, shining-white and rather opaque. The spire is short. The whorls are convex. The outer lip is somewhat thicker, flexuous and incurved in the middle. The columella is four-plaited. [2]
This marine species occurs off Curaçao, Caribbean Sea.
Marginella is a very large genus of small tropical and temperate sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Marginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. It is the type genus of the family.
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina obscura, common name the obscure marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina avenella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Prunum capense, common name the Cape marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
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.
Volvarina mitrella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina sauliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Mesoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina attenuata, common name attenuated marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina affinis, common name the allied marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
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.
Volvarina compressa, common name the compressed marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina corusca, common name the glistening marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina effulgens, common name the glittering marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina evanida, common name the alabaster marginella. is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.