Volvarina corusca

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

Volvarina corusca
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina corusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. corusca
Binomial name
Volvarina corusca
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella corusca Reeve, 1865 ·
  • Marginella infans Reeve, 1865 · unaccepted
  • Volvarina infans (Reeve, 1865) ·

Description

The shell is ovate and slightly attenuated towards the base. It is transparent horny, livid and very faintly two-banded with red. The spire is obtuse. The outer lip is varicosely thickened. The columella is four-plaited.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Singapore.

References

  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp
  • Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31
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