Volvarina obscura

Volvarina obscura
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. obscura
Binomial name
Volvarina obscura Reeve, 1865
Synonyms [1]
Marginella obscuraReeve, 1865

Volvarina obscura, common name the obscure marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[1]

Description

The shell is cylindncally oblong, reddish-white and shining. The spire is small. The outer lip is rather thick, faintly spotted with red and flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.

There is only a faint indication of colour in this species. ^[2]

References

1. Volvarina obscura Reeve, 1865 . WoRMS (2010). Volvarina obscura (Reeve, 1865). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474057 on 8 September 2010 .
2. Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

• Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31