Volvarina effulgens, common name the glittering marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina effulgens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. effulgens
Binomial name
Volvarina effulgens
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]

Marginella effulgens Reeve, 1865 ·

Description

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The shell is oblong-cylindrical, semitransparent, shining, encircled with three rather broad, orange-brown bands. The outer lip is somewhat flexuous. The columella is four- plaited.

It is a bright, glossy, semitransparent shell, encircled with rather broad bands of colour.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea.

References

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  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp
  • Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp