Volvarina warrenii 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 warrenii (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. warrenii
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| Volvarina warrenii (Marrat, 1876)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 20.3 mm, its diameter 8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The fusiform-oblong shell is glaucous and milky. It is girdled with two spiral, orange-brown bands. The conical shell is slightly obtuse and has a blunt tip. The outer lip is somewhat flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Argentina.
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina warrenii (Marrat, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474083 on 2023-09-16
- ^ Marrat, F. P. (1876). Descriptions of five new Marginellae. Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 1: 136-13
- Mabille, J. (1884). Description d'une espèce du genre Marginella. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France, 1 (1/2): 132. Paris
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp