Volvarina exilis, common name the three-belted marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Shell of Volvarina exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. exilis
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| Volvarina exilis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9 mm.
The shell is conically cylindrical, opaque-white and shining. It is encircled with three orange-brown bands. The spire is small. The whorls are rather swollen at the upper part and attenuated at the lower. The outer lip is moderately flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Morocco.
References
edit- ^ a b Volvarina exilis(Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 September 2010.
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Fabricius, O. (1826). Fortsaettelse of nye zoologiske bidrag. 6. Nogle lidet bekjendte og tildeels nye Flad-Orme (Planariae). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. Ser. 4(2): 16-35/ With three plates.
- Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
External links
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- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435
- Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97