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Volvarina warrenii

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.3 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The fusiform-oblong shell is glaucous and milky. It is girdled with two spiral, orange-brown bands. The conical shell is slightly obtuse and has a blunt tip. The outer lip is somewhat flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.

References

  • Mabille, J. (1884). Description d'une espèce du genre Marginella. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France, 1 (1/2): 132. Paris
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp