Volvarina splendens

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

Subspecies
  • † Volvarina splendens aturensis (Peyrot, 1928)
  • † Volvarina splendens splendens (Grateloup, 1834)

Volvarina splendens
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. splendens
Binomial name
†Volvarina splendens
(Grateloup, 1834)
Synonyms

† Marginella splendens Grateloup, 1834 (original combination)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina splendens (Grateloup, 1834) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337888 on 2023-09-14
  • Lozouet (P.), 2019 - Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cysticidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l’Oligocène supérieur .... Cossmanniana, t. 20, p. 3-109, fig. 1-9
  • Lesport, Jean-François (2012). "Les publications du Docteur Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup sur les mollusques fossiles du Bassin d'Aquitaine (S.-O.France): dates de parutions et commentaires". Bull. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux. 40 (4): 433–434. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2023.
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