Volvarina ptychasthena

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Volvarina ptychasthena
Volvarina ptychasthena (MNHN-IM-2000-1421).jpeg
Shell of Volvarina ptychasthena (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. ptychasthena
Binomial name
Volvarina ptychasthena
Gofas, 1989

Volvarina ptychasthena 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 10.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

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