Volvarina mabellae 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 mabellae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. mabellae
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| Volvarina mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 22 mm.
(Original description) The solid shell is gracefully oblong and very shining. The shell contains four whorls, the upper ones almost hidden by callosities. The body whorl is darkest and is spirally wrapped. The outer lip is almost straight, high, very shiny, and has a thick ochreous callus dorsally marginated. The oblong aperture is narrow. The columella is four times plaited. The shell is straw-coloured, with a white shining callous deposit over the columellar region and outer lip.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Arabian Sea off Western India.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842864 on 2023-09-09
- ^ Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 327-460.
- Boyer F. (2015). Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l'Océan Indien septentrional. Xenophora Taxonomy. 7: 35-47