Volvarina mabellae

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

Volvarina mabellae
Shell of Volvarina mabellae
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. mabellae
Binomial name
Volvarina mabellae
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bullata mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Cryptospira mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Marginella (Cryptospira) mabellae Melvill & Standen, 1901 superseded combination
  • Prunum mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

(Original description) The solid shell is gracefully oblong and very shining. The shell contains four whorls, the upper ones almost hidden by callosities. The body whorl is darkest and is spirally wrapped. The outer lip is almost straight, high, very shiny, and has a thick ochreous callus dorsally marginated. The oblong aperture is narrow. The columella is four times plaited. The shell is straw-coloured, with a white shining callous deposit over the columellar region and outer lip. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Arabian Sea off Western India.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842864 on 2023-09-09
  2. Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 327-460.
  • Boyer F. (2015). Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l'Océan Indien septentrional. Xenophora Taxonomy. 7: 35-47


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