Volvarina micans

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

Volvarina micans
Shell of Volvarina micans (lectotype 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. micans
Binomial name
Volvarina micans
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Synonyms

Marginella micans Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description in French) The shell has an oblong oval, sub-cylindrical shape. It is very shiny and is of a fawn shaded with pink. The shell consists of four to five whorls.The body whorl shows two whitish horizontally striped bands. The whorls are short and convex. The aperture is very narrow, but becomes a little wider at the base. The base of the columella is white, and contains four well-marked oblique plaits. The outer lip has a fairly pronounced rim, its edge is smooth and straight, and is a little compressed in the middle. It presents two whitened spots, which are the extension of the horizontal bands of the body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina micans (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474050 on 2023-09-09
  2. Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 38-59
  • 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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