Volvarina oblongata

Volvarina oblongata
Shell of Volvarina oblongata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	†V. oblongata
Binomial name
†Volvarina oblongata (Sacco, 1890)
Synonyms
† Hyalina (Volvarina) oblongataGlibert, 1960 † Marginella (Volvarina) oblongataSacco, 1890 (basionym) † Marginella oblongataSacco, 1890

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Piedmont, Italy.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina oblongata (Sacco, 1890) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868306 on 2023-09-12

• Cossmann (M.), 1899 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201

External links

• Sosso M., Brunetti M.M. & Dell'Angelo B. (2015). The family Marginellidae Fleming 1828 in the Miocene (Tortonian) of South Piedmont (Italy), with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144(2): 243-258