Volvarina taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina taeniata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. taeniata
Binomial name
Volvarina taeniata
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Marginella navicella Reeve, 1865
  • Marginella quadripunctata Locard, 1897
  • Marginella taeniata G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 (original combination)
  • Volvarina (Atlantivolva) taeniata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) · alternate representation
  • Volvarina cessaci Jousseaume, 1881 · unaccepted
  • Volvarina cessaci Rochebrune, 1882 (junior homonym of Volvarina cessaci Jousseaume, 1881)
  • Volvarina quadripunctata (Locard, 1897)
  • Volvarina rubella navicella (Reeve, 1865) ·

Description

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The small, rather conical, smooth shell is pale-red and consists of five whorls. The spire is short. The aperture is elongate and rather narrow. The columella is four-plaited with the two plaits on top somewhat larger. The outer lip is smooth and somewhat reflexed.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Cape Verde

References

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  • Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83–124
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325-31973-2. 455 pp.
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
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