Volvarina attenuata

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

Volvarina attenuata
Shell of Volvarina attenuata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. attenuata
Binomial name
Volvarina attenuata
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella attenuata Reeve, 1865
  • Marginella parvula Locard, 1897 (dubious synonym; preoccupied by Marginella (Volvarina) parvula Sacco, 1890)
  • Marginella parvula var. elongata Locard, 1897 (dubious synonym; preoccupied by Marginella elongata Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841)
  • Marginella paxillas Paetel, 1883
  • Marginella paxillus Reeve, 1865
  • Prunum attenuatum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Volvarina paxillus (Reeve, 1865)

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.9 mm.

The shell is conically ovate, somewhat fusiform and transparent horny. The spire is a little exserted. The whorls are slightly swollen round the upper part and attenuated towards the base. The outer lip is flexuous. The columella shows obliquely four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (New South Wales, Western Australia)

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Volvarina attenuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474012 on 2014-12-10
  2. Reeve, 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
  • Gofas S. (1989). Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du Nord-Est. Bollettino Malacologico 25: 159–182, 25 fig page(s): 168-169
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
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