Volvarina taeniata

Volvarina taeniata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. taeniata
Binomial name
Volvarina taeniata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
Marginella navicellaReeve, 1865 Marginella quadripunctataLocard, 1897 Marginella taeniataG. B. Sowerby II, 1846 (original combination) Volvarina (Atlantivolva) taeniata(G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) · alternate representation Volvarina cessaciJousseaume, 1881· unaccepted Volvarina cessaciRochebrune, 1882 (junior homonym of Volvarina cessaciJousseaume, 1881) Volvarina quadripunctata(Locard, 1897) Volvarina rubella navicella(Reeve, 1865) ·

Volvarina taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[1]

Description

The small, rather conical, smooth shell is pale-red and consists of five whorls. The spire is short. The aperture is elongate and rather narrow. The columella is four-plaited with the two plaits on top somewhat larger. The outer lip is smooth and somewhat reflexed. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Cape Verde

References

1. Volvarina taeniata (Sowerby, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97

• Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83–124
• Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN   978-3-325-31973-6. 455 pp.
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

External links

• Jousseaume, F. (1881). Description de nouvelles coquilles. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 6: 172-188
• Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1
• Rochebrune, A.T. (1882). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles pour la faune de l'archipel du Cap-Vert. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 6: 24-32
• eeve, 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