Volvarina jimcordyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
Volvarina jimcordyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. jimcordyi
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina jimcordyi Cossignani, 2007[1]
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Description
editShell is very small, usually under 10mm in length, with dark amber-brown coloring. Shell is translucent. Adult shells have a thickened outer lip margin. Aperture is wider at the base (anterior-end) & spire is low.[citation needed]
Distribution
editCentral Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ Cossignani (2007). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 56 (3) : 12–13. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Volvarina jimcordyi Cossignani, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Cossignani T. (2007). Una nuova Volvarina dalle Bahamas. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 56: 12-13