Volvarina ingloria
Shell of Volvarina ingloria (holotype)
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. ingloria
Binomial name
Volvarina ingloria
(E. A. Smith, 1910)
Synonyms[1]

Marginella ingloria E. A. Smith, 1910 (original combination)

Volvarina ingloria 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 4.1 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

The small cylindrical shell is translucent. The short spire is obtuse. The shell consists of four whorls. The apical whorls are rotund and obtuse. The next two are slightly convex. The aperture is narrow but becomes somewhat wider at its base. The columella contains four plaits. The outer lip is white and slightly incrassate. Of the four dark red bands upon the body whorl the posterior and anterior are thicker than the other two. The termination of the anterior zone forms a conspicuous red spot at the end of the outer lip, and there is a similar spot upon the anterior columellar fold, which is the largest of the four, the others diminishing in size. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to South Africa and occurs off Port Alfred.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina ingloria (E. A. Smith, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474040 on 2023-09-07
  2. ↑ Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Museum. 2: 175-220, pls 7-8
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 114
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