Volvarina monilis

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Volvarina monilis
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Apertural view of Volvarina monilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. monilis
Binomial name
Volvarina monilis
Synonyms [1]
  • Egouena gibbosaJousseaume, 1875
  • Marginella gibbosa(Jousseaume, 1875)
  • Marginella monilis(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marginella terverianaPetit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Prunum monile(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Prunum terverianum(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Voluta monilisLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Volvarina monilis 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 11 mm.

The shell is ivory-white. The columella is four-plaited; above the plaits are additional denticulations.

The African tribes form necklaces of these shells. For the purpose of stringing them a hole is made through the upper part of the body-whorl, apparently by rubbing. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Guinea; also in the Red Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Volvarina monilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850861 on 2022-02-15
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1883) Manual of Conchology vol. V; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia


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