Volvarina angustata

Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina angustata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Volvarina
Species:
V. angustata
Binomial name
Volvarina angustata
(Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bullata angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
  • Cryptospira angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
  • Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene basin, Réunion, and in the Gulf of Bengal along the Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Southern India.

References
  1. Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1-55.
  • "Cryptospira angustata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 December 2010.


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