Volvarina tumulensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Volvarina tumulensis | |
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| Shell of Volvarina tumulensis (holotype 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. tumulensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Volvarina tumulensis Lozouet, 2019
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina sibuzatiana Lozouet, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337887 on 2023-09-14
- Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
- Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3–109. page(s): 27, pl. 19 figs 13-16
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