Volvarina laetitia

Volvarina laetitia
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina laetitia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. laetitia
Binomial name
Volvarina laetitia (Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
Marginella laetitiaThiele, 1925 (original combination) Prunum laetitium(Thiele, 1925) ·

Volvarina laetitia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at the Agulhas Bank and off Durban Bay.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina adela (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474005 on 2023-08-22

• Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp

External links

• WMSDB: image