Volvarina veintimilliae

Species of gastropod

Volvarina veintimilliae
Shell of Volvarina veintimilliae (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
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. veintimilliae
Binomial name
Volvarina veintimilliae
Ortea, 2014

Volvarina veintimilliae 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 5.6 mm, its diameter 2.18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina veintimilliae Ortea, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827973 on 2023-08-24
  • Ortea J. (2014). Cómo integrar Ciencia y Naturaleza: Descripción de nuevas especies de Volvarina Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Marginellidae) de la isla de Guadeloupe y sus islotes satélites (Antillas Menores, Mar Caribe), nombradas en honor de treinta mujeres distinguidas con el Premio L'Oreal-Unesco. Revista de la Real Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 26: 129–188.
Taxon identifiers
Volvarina veintimilliae


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