Volvarina tumulensis

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Volvarina tumulensis
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Shell of Volvarina tumulensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. tumulensis
Binomial name
Volvarina tumulensis
Lozouet, 2019

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina sibuzatiana Lozouet, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337887 on 2023-09-14