Volvarina cylindracea

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

Volvarina cylindracea
Shell of Volvarina cylindracea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. cylindracea
Binomial name
†Volvarina cylindracea
(Deshayes, 1865)
Synonyms
  • † Marginella cylindracea Deshayes, 1865
  • † Marginella (Volvarina) vaquezi Cossmann, 1906
  • † Volvarina vaquezi Cossmann, 1906

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The cylindrical shell is elongated, thin and fragile. The protoconch is short and obtuse. The shell consists of four whorls growing fairly quickly and barely convex. They are not very visible in most individuals, covered as they are with a glazed, quite thick layer. The body whorl is about three times as long as the rest of the spire. It is elongated, slightly pot-bellied and moderately attenuated in front. It is more cylindrical than in all the other species. The aperture is very elongated and in proportion wider than in related species. It widens gradually From the posterior angle to its anterior extremity. It is even a little dilated in the middle. The straight outer lip is moderately thickened, and this thickening is equally shared between the outer bead and that which narrows the aperture. This edge projects forward by describing the curve of a fairly large circle. It attaches quite high on the penultimate turn, which deflects the last portion of the suture backwards. The columella is slightly concave. It has four oblique plicae, remarkable for their thinness and their spacing.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina cylindracea (Deshayes, 1865) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571521 on 2023-09-03
  2. Deshayes, G. P. (1864-1865). Description des animaux sans vertèbres découverts dans le bassin de Paris pour servir de supplément à la Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris comprenant une revue générale de toutes les espèces actuellement connues. Tome troisiéme. Mollusques céphalés, deuxième partie. Mollusques céphalopodes. 1-667, pls 63-107. Paris, Baillière
  • Cossmann (M.), 1906 - Mollusques éocènique de la Loire-Inférieure. tome 3, fascicule 3. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 2, t. 6, vol. 4, p. 189-318 (publ. le 31 décembre)
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & van Nieulande (F.A.D.), 1985 - Les Marginellidae (Gastropoda, Volutacea) de l'Éocène moyen du Bassin de Nantes et du Cotentin (France). Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, t. 22, vol. 1, p. 3-69
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
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