Volvarina fauna explained

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. ^[1]

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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972445 Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London