Volvarina southwicki, common name the little drop marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Volvarina southwicki | |
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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. southwicki
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina southwicki Boyer, 2015(C. A. Davis, 1904)
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Description
edit(Described as Marginella guttula) The shell is oblong-cylindrical, transparent and glassy. It is faintly three-banded with orange-brown. The spire is small. The outer lip is flexuous. The columellar region is four-plaited.
This is a bright, glassy shell, encircled with three very faint but well-defined bands of orange-brown.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina southwicki (C. A. Davis, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474075 on 2023-09-14
- ^ 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
- Davis, C. A. (1904). Notes on the Mollusca of the Bermuda Islands. The Nautilus. 17(11): 125–129, pl. 4.
- Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp