Volvarina evanida

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

Volvarina evanida
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina evanida (holotype)
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. evanida
Binomial name
Volvarina evanida
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Marginella evanida G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mesoginella evanida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
  • Sinuginella evanida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Description

The small, white shell is elongate and has an oval shape. The spire is short. The outer lip is thick and incrassate. It is bent inwards so as to narrow the aperture. The last two of the four plaits on the columella are close together and tumid. [2]

Distribution

References
  1. Volvarina fauna (G.B. Sowerby I, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1846). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1(7): 373–406, pl.74–78. London,
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
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