Volvarina angustata

Volvarina angustata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. angustata
Binomial name
Volvarina angustata
(Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bullata angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
  • Cryptospira angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
  • Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846 (basionym)

Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm. Its cylindrically ovate, spire flat and calloused.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene basin, Réunion, and in the Gulf of Bengal along the Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Southern India.

References

  1. ^ a b Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1–55.
  • "Cryptospira angustata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  • Boyer, Franck. "Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l’Océan Indien septentrional." Xenophora Taxonomy 7 (2015): 16-28.


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