Volvarina southwicki

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Volvarina southwicki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. southwicki
Binomial name
Volvarina southwicki
Boyer, 2015(C. A. Davis, 1904)
Synonyms [1]
  • Marginella avena var. southwicki(C. A. Davis, 1904) (original combination)
  • Marginella guttulaReeve, 1865
  • Volvaria avena var. southwickiC. A. Davis, 1904 (original combination)
  • Volvarina guttula(Reeve, 1865) ·

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

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Description

(Described as Marginella guttula) The shell is oblong-cylindrical, transparent and glassy. It is faintly three-banded with orange-brown. The spire is small. The outer lip is flexuous. The columellar region is four-plaited.

This is a bright, glassy shell, encircled with three very faint but well-defined bands of orange-brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.

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