Volvarina oblongata

Volvarina oblongata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Piedmont, Italy.

References

• Cossmann (M.), 1899 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201

External links

• Sosso M., Brunetti M.M. & Dell'Angelo B. (2015). The family Marginellidae Fleming 1828 in the Miocene (Tortonian) of South Piedmont (Italy), with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144(2): 243-258