Volvarina avenella

Volvarina avenella
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. avenella
Binomial name
	Volvarina avenella; (Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
	Marginella avenella Dall, 1881 (basionym); Prunum avenella (Dall, 1881);

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

Description

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

V. avenella can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to Cuba.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Volvarina avenella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2012.
^ Felder, Darryl L & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Corpus Christi, TX: Texas A&M University-Corpus Cristi Press, 2009. 659.

Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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