Volvarina orozcoae

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

Volvarina orozcoae
Shell of Volvarina orozcoae (holotype in the 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. orozcoae
Binomial name
Volvarina orozcoae
Ortea, 2014

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina orozcoae Ortea, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827956 on 2023-08-24
  • Ortea J. (2014). Cómo integrar Ciencia y Naturaleza: Descripción de nuevas especies de Volvarina Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Marginellidae) de la isla de Guadeloupe y sus islotes satélites (Antillas Menores, Mar Caribe), nombradas en honor de treinta mujeres distinguidas con el Premio L'Oreal-Unesco. Revista de la Real Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 26: 129–188.


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