Volvarina southwicki

Volvarina southwicki
Scientific classification
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]

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.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina southwicki (C. A. Davis, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474075 on 2023-09-14
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

• Davis, C. A. (1904). Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands. The Nautilus. 17(11): 125–129, pl. 4.
• Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp., 547 pp
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp

External links

• Gbif com - Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: images