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Volvarina unilineata

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

(Original description) The shell is fusiform-ovate, attenuated towards the base, milky-white, shiny, and sometimes banded with an orangey-brown line. The spire is conical, the outer lip is flexuous, and the columella is quadriplicate (four-folded).

The shell is white and slightly angulated posteriorly. It possesses an inferior revolving brown band.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Hawaii.

References

  • Cossignani T. & Lorenz F. (2020). Quattro nuove marginelle dalle Filippine. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 107: 10–15.

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