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

Volvarina rex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. rex
Binomial name
Volvarina rex
(Laseron, 1957)
Synonyms[1]

Haloginella rex Laseron, 1957

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Volvarina rex (Laseron, 1957)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

Further reading edit

  • Laseron, C. F. (1957). A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8 (3): 274–311.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd.
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.