Volvarina abbreviata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. abbreviata
Binomial name
Volvarina abbreviata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyalina lactea (Kiener, 1841)
  • Marginella abbreviata C.B. Adams, 1850
  • Marginella abreviata Petit, 1851
  • Marginella bella auct.
  • Marginella lactea Kiener, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella lactea Swainson, 1840)
  • Volvarina lactea Kiener, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella lactea Swainson, 1840)
  • Prunum abbreviatum (C.B. Adams, 1850)
  • Volvarina lactea (Kiener, 1841) ·

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

Description

The shell is oblong, but much contracted anteriorly. The shell is white, smooth and shining. The spire is very short. The apex is rather obtuse. The shell contains about 3⅓ whorls. The outer lip is incurved and contracting the aperture. The varix produces a little way on the spire. The columella with shows four plaits of which the upper one is small. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Aruba, Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina abbreviata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420168 on 2023-08-21
  2. ↑ Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology. vol. 1: 56-68
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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