Volvarina avenella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Volvarina avenella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. avenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina avenella (Dall, 1881)
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Taxonomy
editDall 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
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution
editVolvarina avenella can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to Cuba.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Volvarina avenella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ COOVERT, G. A. 1988. Marginellidae of Florida, part II: Prunum succinea with a discussion of Prunum and Volvarina. Marginella Marginalia, 4(5): 35-42.
- ^ 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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