Volvarina tumulensis explained

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References

• Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
• Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3–109. page(s): 27, pl. 19 figs 13-16

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina sibuzatiana Lozouet, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337887 on 2023-09-14