Volvarina angustata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. angustata
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina angustata (Sowerby II, 1846)
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Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm. Its cylindrically ovate, spire flat and calloused.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene basin, Réunion, and in the Gulf of Bengal along the Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Southern India.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
- Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1–55.
External links
[edit]- "Cryptospira angustata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- Boyer, Franck. "Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l’Océan Indien septentrional." Xenophora Taxonomy 7 (2015): 16-28.
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