Volvarina ingolfi

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Volvarina ingolfi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. ingolfi
Binomial name
Volvarina ingolfi
Bouchet & Warén, 1985

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 14.5 mm, its diameter 7.6 mm.

This species is remarkable for having only three columellar folds.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species is the northernmost Atlantic volvarina.

References[edit]

  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp

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