Volvarina plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Auckland Islands.
References
- Suter, H. (1909). The Mollusca of the Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pp 1âÂÂ57 in Chilton, C. (ed.), The Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Reports on the geo-physics, geology, zoology, and botany of the islands lying to the south of New Zealand, based mainly on observations and collections made during an expedition in the Government steamer âÂÂHinemoaâ (Captain J. Bollons) in November 1907. 1. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, Wellington.