Volvarina monilis

Volvarina monilis
Apertural view of Volvarina monilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. monilis
Binomial name
Volvarina monilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Egouena gibbosa Jousseaume, 1875
  • Marginella gibbosa (Jousseaume, 1875)
  • Marginella monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marginella terveriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Prunum monile (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Prunum terverianum (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Voluta monilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Volvarina monilis 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 11 mm.

The shell is ivory-white. The columella is four-plaited; above the plaits are additional denticulations.

The African tribes form necklaces of these shells. For the purpose of stringing them a hole is made through the upper part of the body-whorl, apparently by rubbing.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Guinea; also in the Red Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Volvarina monilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850861 on 2022-02-15
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1883) Manual of Conchology vol. V; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Boyer F. (2017). Révision des Marginellidae du Récifal supérieur de l'île de Masirah (Oman). Xenophora Taxonomy. 17: 3-31
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