Volvarina dekkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Shell of Volvarina dekkeri (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. dekkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina dekkeri Boyer & Renda, 2021
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Muscat, Gulf of Oman.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina dekkeri Boyer & Renda, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1545009 on 2023-09-04
- Boyer, F. & Renda, W. (2021). About Volvarina eumorpha (Melvill, 1906) (Marginellidae) and closely related species, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Oman. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 189–198.
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