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Volvarina eumorpha

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Volvarina eumorpha
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina eumorpha (holotype)
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. eumorpha
Binomial name
Volvarina eumorpha
Espinosa, J. Martin & Ortea, 2018
Synonyms[1]

Marginella (Volvaria) eumorpha Melvill, 1906 (basionym)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The oblong-cylindrical shell is very shiny, smooth and polished. It is white or pale straw-brown, and almost transparent. The shell consists of five whorls, the apical ends of which are conical, the apex very large and completely smooth. The body whorl shows three dark spiral zones, alternated with reddish brown zones. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thickened, shiny and simple. The columella is oblique and four-plaited.[2]

Distribution

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This small marine species occurs off the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf.

References

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  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp
  • Boyer F. (2017). Révision des Marginellidae du Récifal supérieur de l'île de Masirah (Oman). Xenophora Taxonomy. 17: 3-31.
  • Boyer, F. & Renda, W. (2021). About Volvarina eumorpha (Melvill, 1906) (Marginellidae) and closely related species, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Oman. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 189–198.