Volvarina unilineata

Volvarina unilineata
Shell of Volvarina unilineata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. unilineata
Binomial name
Volvarina unilineata Jousseaume, 1875
Synonyms
Marginella unilineataJousseaume, 1875 (original combination) Marginella fusiformis(Reeve, 1845) Volvarina fusiformisHinds, 1844

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

(Original description) The shell is fusiform-ovate, attenuated towards the base, milky-white, shiny, and sometimes banded with an orangey-brown line. The spire is conical, the outer lip is flexuous, and the columella is quadriplicate (four-folded). ^[2]

The shell is white and slightly angulated posteriorly. It possesses an inferior revolving brown band. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Hawaii.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina unilineata (Jousseaume, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474080 on 2023-08-31
2. • Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. G.W. Tryon (1883) Manual of Conchology vol. V; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Cossignani T. & Lorenz F. (2020). Quattro nuove marginelle dalle Filippine. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 107: 10–15.

External links

• WMSDB: image