Volvarina sofiae

Volvarina sofiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. sofiae
Binomial name
Volvarina sofiae
Ortea & Espinosa, 1998

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

It is named after Queen Sofía of Spain, to honor the first visit of Spanish monarchs to Cuba, which happened in 1999.

Distribution

This species is known only from specimens collected in Jardines del Rey archipelago, Cuba.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ortea, J.; Espinosa, José (1998). "Dos nuevas especies de moluscos marinos (Mollusca:Gastropoda) recolectadas en los subarchipiélagos Jardines de Rey y Jardines de la Reina, descritas en honor de los Reyes de España por su primera visita a Cuba [Two new species of marine mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected in the subarchipelagos Jardines del Rey and Jardines de la Reina, described in honor of the King and Queen of Spain for their first visit to Cuba]". Avicennia (in Spanish). 8–9: 1–6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ Volvarina sofiae Ortea & Espinosa, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.