Volvarina laetitia

Volvarina laetitia
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina laetitia
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. laetitia
Binomial name
Volvarina laetitia
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella laetitia Thiele, 1925 (original combination)
  • Prunum laetitium (Thiele, 1925) ·

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at the Agulhas Bank and off Durban Bay.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina adela (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474005 on 2023-08-22
  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp


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