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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. carmelae
Binomial name
Volvarina carmelae
Espinosa & Ortea, 1998


Distribution

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Volvarina carmelae is endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, around north-western Cuba.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Volvarina carmelae Espinosa & Ortea, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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