| Volvarina taeniata | |
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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 | |
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Volvarina taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
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]
This marine species occurs off the Cape Verde
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