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]
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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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| Volvarina angustata (Sowerby II, 1846)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm
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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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