Volvarina juanjoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cuba, Caribbean Sea.

References

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  • 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
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2015). Nuevas especies de la familia Marginellidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de Puerto Rico, Cuba, México y los Cayos de la Florida. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 27: 189-242.