Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Forma:
- Volvarina avena f. beyerleana <small>(Bernardi, 1953)</small>: synonym of Volvarina beyerleana <small>(Bernardi, 1853)</small>
- Volvarina avena f. varia <small>G. B. Sowerby, 1846</small> accepted as Volvarina avena <small>(Kiener, 1834)</small>
Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brazil.
References
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; GarcÃÂa, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579âÂÂ699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of MexicoâÂÂOrigins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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