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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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. effulgens
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina effulgens (Reeve, 1865)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Marginella effulgens Reeve, 1865 · | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species occurs off Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina effulgens (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474027 on 2023-08-23
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- 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