Volvarina avenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. avenella
Binomial name
Volvarina avenella
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella avenella Dall, 1881 (basionym)
  • Prunum avenella (Dall, 1881)

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

Taxonomy

Dall considered Marginella avenella a synonym of Marginella succinea Conrad, 1846 (now considered a synonym of Prunum succineum (Conrad, 1846) ). These are actually two different species. He recognized this mistake afterwards. [2] [3]

Description

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution

Volvarina avenella can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to Cuba.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Volvarina avenella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ DALL, W. H. 1927. Small Shells from Dredging off the Southeast Coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer “Albatross” in 1885 and 1886. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 70(2667):1-134.
  3. ↑ COOVERT, G. A. 1988. Marginellidae of Florida, part II: Prunum succinea with a discussion of Prunum and Volvarina. Marginella Marginalia, 4(5): 35-42.
  4. ↑ Felder, Darryl L & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Corpus Christi, TX: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Press, 2009. 659.
  • DALL, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Barttlet, U. S. N Commanding. Preliminary Report on the mollusca. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 9(2): 33-318.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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