Volvarina attenuata

Volvarina attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. attenuata
Binomial name
	Volvarina attenuata; (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms
	Marginella attenuata Reeve, 1865; Marginella parvula Locard, 1897 (dubious synonym; preoccupied by Marginella (Volvarina) parvula Sacco, 1890); Marginella parvula var. elongata Locard, 1897 (dubious synonym; preoccupied by Marginella elongata Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841); Marginella paxillas Paetel, 1883; Marginella paxillus Reeve, 1865; Prunum attenuatum (Reeve, 1865); Volvarina paxillus (Reeve, 1865);

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

Description

^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2014). Volvarina attenuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474012 on 2014-12-10

Gofas S. (1989). Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du Nord-Est. Bollettino Malacologico 25: 159–182, 25 fig page(s): 168-169

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