Volvarina effulgens, common name the glittering marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
The shell is oblong-cylindrical, semitransparent, shining, encircled with three rather broad, orange-brown bands. The outer lip is somewhat flexuous. The columella is four- plaited.
It is a bright, glossy, semitransparent shell, encircled with rather broad bands of colour.
This marine species occurs off Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea.