Volvarina fauna

Volvarina fauna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. fauna
Binomial name
Volvarina fauna (G.B. Sowerby I, 1846)
Synonyms
Marginella alabaster Reeve, 1865 Marginella fauna G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 (original combination) Marginella pellucida Weinkauff, 1879 Prunum alabaster (Reeve, 1865)

Volvarina fauna, common name the alabaster marginella. is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

(Described as Marginella alabaster) The shell is cylindrically ovate, shining-white and rather opaque. The spire is short. The whorls are convex. The outer lip is somewhat thicker, flexuous and incurved in the middle. The columella is four-plaited.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Curaçao, Caribbean Sea.

References

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97
• Weinkauff, H. C. (1865-1881). Die Gattungen Marginella und Erato. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W.; Weinkauff, H. C. (Eds) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, 2nd ed. (), 5(4): 1-166, pls. 1-26.