Volvarina taeniata

Volvarina taeniata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. taeniata
Binomial name
	Volvarina taeniata; (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
	Marginella navicella Reeve, 1865; Marginella quadripunctata Locard, 1897; Marginella taeniata G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 (original combination); Volvarina (Atlantivolva) taeniata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) · alternate representation; Volvarina cessaci Jousseaume, 1881 · unaccepted; Volvarina cessaci Rochebrune, 1882 (junior homonym of Volvarina cessaci Jousseaume, 1881); Volvarina quadripunctata (Locard, 1897); Volvarina rubella navicella (Reeve, 1865) ·;

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

Description

The small, rather conical, smooth shell is pale-red and consists of five whorls. The spire is short. The aperture is elongate and rather narrow. The columella is four-plaited with the two plaits on top somewhat larger. The outer lip is smooth and somewhat reflexed.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Cape Verde

References

^ Volvarina taeniata (Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97

Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83–124
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325-31973-2. 455 pp.
Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Volvarina taeniata (Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97

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