Volvarina carmelae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1] It is endemic to the Gulf of Mexico.[2]
Volvarina carmelae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. carmelae
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina carmelae Espinosa & Ortea, 1998
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Distribution
editVolvarina carmelae is endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, around north-western Cuba.[2]
References
edit- ^ Volvarina carmelae Espinosa & Ortea, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Volvarina carmelae | GulfBase". gulfbase.org. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (1999) Nuevos datos anatómicos y posición sistemática de marginelas cubanas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Avicennia 10-11: 187–188.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp