Volvarina mitrella

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Volvarina mitrella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. mitrella
Binomial name
Volvarina mitrella
(Risso, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Hyalina secalina(R. A. Philippi, 1844)
  • Marginella (Volvarina) nitidaHinds, 1844
  • Marginella calameliJousseaume, 1872
  • Marginella inflexaG. B. Sowerby II, 1846
  • Marginella nitidaHinds, 1844
  • Marginella secalinaR. A. Philippi, 1844 junior subjective synonym
  • Marginella secalina var. bizonataWeinkauff, 1880
  • Voluta mitrellaRisso, 1826 (original combination)
  • Voluta quadriplicataRisso, 1826
  • Volvarina mitrella var. curtaMonterosato, 1884
  • Volvarina quadriplicata(Risso, 1826) ·

Volvarina mitrella 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 99 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy, Malta, Morocco, Algeria and Greece.

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