Volvarina sofiae

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Volvarina sofiae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. sofiae
Binomial name
Volvarina sofiae
Ortea & Espinosa, 1998 [1]

Volvarina sofiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [2]

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It is named after Queen Sofía of Spain, to honor the first visit of Spanish monarchs to Cuba, which happened in 1999. [1]

Description

Distribution

This species is known only from specimens collected in Jardines del Rey archipelago, Cuba. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ortea, J.; Espinosa, José (1998). "Dos nuevas especies de moluscos marinos (Mollusca:Gastropoda) recolectadas en los subarchipiélagos Jardines de Rey y Jardines de la Reina, descritas en honor de los Reyes de España por su primera visita a Cuba [Two new species of marine mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected in the subarchipelagos Jardines del Rey and Jardines de la Reina, described in honor of the King and Queen of Spain for their first visit to Cuba]". Avicennia (in Spanish). 8–9: 1–6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ Volvarina sofiae Ortea & Espinosa, 1998 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.


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