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Volvarina ofeliae

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Volvarina ofeliae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. ofeliae
Binomial name
Volvarina ofeliae
Cossignani, 1998[1]

Volvarina ofeliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Africa, off Mossel Bay

References

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  • Cossignani T. (1998) Descrizione di due nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae) dal Sud Africa. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 27: 39–40
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.