Volvarina martinezae

Volvarina martinezae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. martinezae
Binomial name
Volvarina martinezae
Espinosa, Soto [Vázquez] & Ortea, 2022

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm, its diameter is 4.2 mm. It has a cylindrical shape, and the spire is low or sometimes slightly elevated.

Their functional type is benthos.

Their feeding type is predatory.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba in the Caribbean Sea.

Etymology

The specific name, martinezae, is in honour of the Cuban marine zoologist Nereida Martinez Estalella.

References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina martinezae Espinosa, Soto [Vázquez] & Ortea, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666136 on 2023-08-29
  2. ↑ Espinosa, J.; Soto (Vázquez), M.; Ortea, J. (2022). "Revisión de la colección malacológica del Acuario Nacional de Cuba, con la descripción de tres nuevas especies del género Volvarina Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la región occidental de Cuba" (PDF). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 34: 109.