Volvarina agata

Volvarina agata
Shell of Volvarina agata (speciemn at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. agata
Binomial name
Volvarina agata (Laseron, 1957)
Synonyms
Haloginella agata Laseron, 1957

Volvarina agata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

This name is not an homonym of Volvarina agatha (Laseron 1957 as both species have a different holotype, located in the Australian Museum.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.

References

• Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274–311.
• Coovert, G.A. & Coovert, H.K. 1995. Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. Nautilus 109(2–3): 43–110
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd.
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

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