Volvarina perrieri 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 perrieri (syntype 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. perrieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina perrieri (Bavay, 1906)
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| Synonyms | |
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Marginella (Volvarina) perrieri Bavay, 1906 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10.4 mm.
(Original description in French) The shell has a mediocre size. It is elongated, swollen fusiformly especially in its upper part. The spire is rounded, with an obtuse apex, formed of four whorls. The body whorl rises clearly towards the aperture. This aperture is very triangularly elongated, wider towards the base which is obliquely rounded. The outer lip is thickened externally and slightly projected internally throughout its middle part. The columellar margin has four plaits.
The shell has a transparent porcelain white colour. It shows also three very faint traces of fawn bands on the back of the shell.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina perrieri (Bavay, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474065 on 2023-09-13
- ^ Bavay, A. (1906). Sur quelques coquilles oubliées du Muséum de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie. 53: 248-256, pl. 7
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp