Volvarina oblongata
Species of gastropod
| Volvarina oblongata | |
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| Shell of Volvarina oblongata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | †V. oblongata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Volvarina oblongata (Sacco, 1890) | |
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Volvarina oblongata is an extinct 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, its diameter 4 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Piedmont, Italy.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina oblongata (Sacco, 1890) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868306 on 2023-09-12
- Cossmann (M.), 1899 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201
External links
- Sosso M., Brunetti M.M. & Dell'Angelo B. (2015). The family Marginellidae Fleming 1828 in the Miocene (Tortonian) of South Piedmont (Italy), with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144(2): 243-258
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